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South Riding

2011 · 1 season · 3 episodes · Ended · BBC One

Drama

TMDB 6.9 · 20 votes

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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.

Episodes

  • S01E01Episode 12011-02-2060m

    Sarah arrives at the school, determined to transform both the teaching and the buildings.

  • S01E02Episode 22011-02-2760m

    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.

  • S01E03Episode 32011-03-0660m

    Sarah throws herself into work to take her mind off the pain of unrequited love.

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