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by MRS GASKELL The BBC2 Serial
Dramatised in four parts by DAVID TURNER
Part 3: John Thornton has succeeded in breaking the strike. Margaret Hale has put her reputation at risk by protecting him from a mob of angry workers. John Thornton has misinterpreted her action and, with the grudging approval of his mother, he has resolved to marry her.
Cast in order of appearance:
Title music composed and conducted by DUDLEY SIMPSON
Script editor BETTY WILLINGALE Designer TIM HARVEY
Producer MARTIN LISEMORE Director RODNEY BENNETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Gaskell
Unknown:
John Thornton
Unknown:
Margaret Hale
Unknown:
John Thornton
Conducted By:
Dudley Simpson
Editor:
Betty Willingale
Designer:
Tim Harvey
Producer:
Martin Lisemore
Director:
Rodney Bennett
Dixon:
Peggy Ann Wood
Margaret Hale:
Rosalind Shanks
John Thornton:
Patrick Stewart
Mrs Hale:
Kathleen Byron
Boucher:
Christopher Burgess
Nicholas Higgins:
Norman Jones
Bessy Higgins:
Barbara Hickmott
Mary Higgins:
Ginette McDonald
Mr Hale:
Robin Bailey
Mrs Thornton:
Rosalie Crutchley
Frederick Hale:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Porter:
Robin Meredith
Fanny Thornton:
Pamela Moiseiwitsch
Walter Sliekson:
Bernard Holley
Carter:
Ray Mort
Mrs Boucher:
Maryann Turner

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