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Episode 2
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Tensions rise as the workers strike over pay. Margaret is caught between the workers and their employer when she steps in to try and protect Thornton from violence.
Four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's feisty and passionate story, set across the social divide, in the changing world of Victorian industrial society.
Tensions rise as the workers strike over pay. In the ensuing riot, Margaret is caught between the workers and their employer when she steps in to try and protect Thornton from violence. (2004)
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Sun 24 May 200919:00
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Margaret Hale | Daniela Denby-Ashe |
| John Thornton | Richard Armitage |
| Hannah Thornton | Sinead Cusack |
| Maria Hale | Lesley Manville |
| Richard Hale | Tim Pigott-Smith |
| Dixon | Pauline Quirke |
| Nicholas Higgins | Brendan Coyle |
| Henry Lennox | John Light |
| Edith Lennox | Emma Ferguson |
| Captain Lennox | Travis Oliver |
| Frederick Hale | Rupert Evans |
| Bessy Higgins | Anna Maxwell Martin |
| Writer | Sandy Welch |
| Director | Brian Percival |
| Producer | Kate Bartlett |
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