All Creatures Great and Small fans will love 'masterpiece' BBC period drama

Set in the 1850s, it tells the story of a young woman who is forced to move North following her father's death ...
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Beloved BBC adaptation of classic book is a ‘rare gem’ and ‘best miniseries ever’

Period drama lovers continue to hail this BBC series more than 20 years on from its release. Wives and Daughters is a 1999 four-part BBC serial adapted from the 1864 novel Wives and Daughters: An ...
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British dames portray Victorian spinsters in 'Cranford'

LONDON -- "Cranford" doesn't follow the trend to sex-up TV adaptations of British classics, and the screenwriter is proud of it. "There is no sex," laughs Heidi Thomas, who adapted Elizabeth Gaskell's ...
Digital Spy

'Cranford Chronicles' cast announced

All-star cast to star alongside Dame Judi Dench in the new BBC One adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels. The cast has been announced for the Cranford Chronicles, a new five-part drama serial for ...