
A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
StatusEnded
TypeScripted
Original LanguageEnglish
Network
Specials of Cranford premiered on January 1, 1970
Season 1 of Cranford premiered on November 18, 2007
In season one, talk of a new railway being built brings fears of the breakdown of law and order; and the arrival of a handsome new doctor from London causes a stir among the ladies' in the town.

Return to Cranford of Cranford premiered on December 20, 2009
Cranford, where everything changes and all remains the same, and Miss Matty's house is full of bustle when her maid Martha gives birth to a daughter. Elsewhere the shadow of the new railway still looms. Miss Matty is concerned about a young girl who lives in an isolated cottage with her mother and domineering brother. Her worries open a Pandora's box and fears that Cranford will never recover.

Eileen Atkins
Miss Deborah Jenkyns

Judi Dench
Miss Matilda Jenkyns

Lisa Dillon
Mary Smith

Simon Woods
Dr Harrison

Claudie Blakley
Martha

Philip Glenister
Mr Carter

Julia McKenzie
Mrs Forrester

Lesley Manville
Mrs. Rose

Imelda Staunton
Miss Pole

Alex Jennings
Reverend Hutton

Andrew Buchan
Jem Hearne

Alex Etel
Harry Gregson

Dean Lennox Kelly
Job Gregson

Joseph McFadden
Doctor Jack Marshland

Kimberley Nixon
Sophy Hutton

Greg Wise
Sir Charles Maulver

Julia Sawalha
Jessie Brown

Finty Williams
Clara Smith

Adrian Scarborough
Mr. Johnson

John Bowe
Dr. Morgan

Selina Griffiths
Caroline Tomkinson

Francesca Annis
Lady Ludlow

Barbara Flynn
Mrs Jamieson

Emma Fielding
Mrs Galindo

Michelle Dockery
Erminia Whyte

Lesley Sharp
Mrs Bell

Jodie Whittaker
Peggy Bell

Deborah Findlay
Miss Tomkinson

Jim Carter
Captain Brown