Episode 3

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by Elizabeth Gaskell dramatised by Lin Coghlan Margaret ..... Patsy Ferran John Thornton ..... James Cartwright Mr Hale ..... Paul Chahidi Mr Bell ..... Roger Ringrose Mrs Thornton ..... Pooky Quesnel Higgins ..... Sean Gilder Dixon ..... Felicity Montagu Henry Lennox ..... Jonathan Forbes Aunt Shaw ..... Joanna Monro Henderson ..... David Hounslow Directed by Sally Avens Following the death of a man at the railway station Margaret's reputation is compromised once more. Only John Thornton stands between her and the police, but can Margaret ever redeem herself in his eyes? Elizabeth Gaskell's great state of the nation novel still resonates today with its examination of class, gender and politics and its examination of the north-south divide.