South Riding (Omnibus)

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Winifred Holtby - South Riding (Omnibus)

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Headmistress Sarah Burton decides Lydia must not be allowed to lose a scholarship.

Headmistress Sarah Burton decides Lydia must not be allowed to lose a scholarship. Stars Sarah Lancashire and Philip Glenister.

Headmistress of Kiplington High School, Sarah Burton decides Lydia mustn't be allowed to lose a scholarship.

Winifred Holtby's (1898-1935) most famous novel "South Riding" was published posthumously in 1936. 

It's a rich and memorable evocation of the characters of Yorkshire's South Riding, their lives, loves and sorrows. 

Starring Sarah Lancashire.

Omnibus of six to ten of fifteen episodes dramatised by Gill Adams.

Sarah Burton....Sarah Lancashire 
Mrs Beddows.....Carole Boyd 
Robert Carne....Philip Glenister 

With:

Susan Cookson
Maggie Tagney
Donald McBride
Lucy Beaumont
Annmarie Hosell
Maya Foa

Director: Melanie Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.

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