South Riding (Omnibus)

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Winifred Holtby - South Riding (Omnibus): Episode 3

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Winifred Holtby - South Riding (Omnibus)

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Headmistress Sarah encounters the bitter taste of loss and the joy of achievement.

Headmistress Sarah encounters the bitter taste of loss and the joy of achievement. Stars Sarah Lancashire and Philip Glenister.

Sarah Burton encounters the bitter taste of loss and the joy of achievement, as the headmistress of Kiplington High School.

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 the last five 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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