Series · 2011–2011Ended

South Riding

Name: South Riding
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011-02-20
Cast: Anna Maxwell Martin, David Morrissey, Penelope Wilton, Peter Firth, John Henshaw

6.9·1 season·3 episodes·60 min avg.·United Kingdom

The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire in 1934 after twenty years teaching in London and the Empire. After a fiery interview with a conservative interview panel, outspoken Sarah takes up her first headmistress-ship at Kiplington High School for Girls, determined to demonstrate to her new pupils that the future is theirs for the taking.

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Feb 20, 2011

Sarah arrives at the school, determined to transform both the teaching and the buildings.

Episode 2

Feb 27, 2011

Sarah’s ambitions for her school find their focus in Lydia Holly, the gifted oldest child of a labourer and his wife who live with six children in the nearby shanty town.