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📊 Series Specifications
Network BBC One
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 3
Original Language EN
Creator Andrew Davies
South Riding (2011)
Created by Andrew Davies
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire in 1934 after twenty years teaching in London and the Empire. After a fiery interview with a conservative interview panel, outspoken Sarah takes up her first headmistress-ship at Kiplington High School for Girls, determined to demonstrate to her new pupils that the future is theirs for the taking.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 (Miniseries)
3 Episodes E1 Episode 1
Sarah arrives at the school, determined to transform both the teaching and the buildings.
E2 Episode 2
Sarah’s ambitions for her school find their focus in Lydia Holly, the gifted oldest child of a labourer and his wife who live with six children in the nearby shanty town.
E3 Episode 3
Sarah throws herself into work to take her mind off the pain of unrequited love.