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Episode 4
Episode 4 of 4
Margaret goes to live with her aunt after a family bereavement. Will Thornton and Margaret meet again and finally acknowledge their love for one another?
The last in a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's feisty and passionate story, set across the social divides in the changing world of Victorian industrial society.
Thornton proves himself to be a philanthropic master but soon the mill is in financial difficulty. Margaret goes to live with her aunt after a family bereavement. Will Thornton and Margaret meet again and finally acknowledge their love for one another? (2004)
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Margaret Hale | Daniela Denby-Ashe |
| John Thornton | Richard Armitage |
| Hannah Thornton | Sinead Cusack |
| Richard Hale | Tim Pigott-Smith |
| Dixon | Pauline Quirke |
| Nicholas Higgins | Brendan Coyle |
| Fanny Thornton | Jo Joyner |
| Watson | Tim Faraday |
| Mary Higgins | Kay Lyon |
| Williams | Tom Charnock |
| Edith Lennox | Emma Ferguson |
| Henry Lennox | John Light |
| Writer | Sandy Welch |
| Director | Brian Percival |
| Producer | Kate Bartlett |
| Maria Hale | Lesley Manville |
| Mr Bell | Brian Protheroe |
| Frederick | Rupert Evans |
| Captain Lennox | Travis Oliver |
| Bessy Higgins | Anna Maxwell Martin |
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