Synopsis
Cranford (2007) is a BBC period drama you can watch online on iFILM, adapted from Elizabeth Gaskell's linked novels and directed by Simon Curtis. The production brings together Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville and Julia McKenzie as the ladies of a small Cheshire town in the 1840s.
The town is tiny, but nothing in it stays quiet for long. Most of the drama runs through a circle of genteel women who keep strict social codes, meddle freely in each other's lives and quietly prop each other up when things go wrong. A railway line is coming. A new doctor arrives. Romances appear where no one expected them, and grief visits more than one household.
What sets Cranford apart from grander BBC costume productions is its scale: a village's worth of characters, five episodes, and a sustained warmth that never tips into sentimentality. Stream Cranford (2007) online on iFILM.
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