
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.

as Sarah Burton

as Robert Carne

as Mrs Beddows

as Anthony Snaith

as Alfred Huggins

as Joe Astell

as Midge Carne

as Muriel Carne

as Young Robert Carne

as Lydia

as Bessy Warbuckle

as Mr Holly

as Mrs Holly

as Mrs Sigglesthwaite

as Mrs Huggins