North & South
North & South
North & South
A passionate tale of love across the social divide
Drama
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Overview
Margaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and willfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton...
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 2004-11-14
Runtime: 1h 0m
Director: Unknown
Writer: Sandy Welch
Top Cast
Richard Armitage
Richard Armitage
John Thornton
Daniela Denby-Ashe
Daniela Denby-Ashe
Margaret Hale
Sinéad Cusack
Sinéad Cusack
Hannah Thornton
Jo Joyner
Jo Joyner
Fanny Thornton
Tim Pigott-Smith
Tim Pigott-Smith
Richard Hale
Pauline Quirke
Pauline Quirke
Dixon
Kay Lyon
Kay Lyon
Mary Higgins
Brendan Coyle
Brendan Coyle
Nicholas Higgins
Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville
Mrs. Maria Hale
Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Margaret Hale, a 19-year-old lively young girl, and her parents leave the south, when her father Richard resigns as the clergy in Helstone on a matter of conscience. The family moves to Milton in the north of England where Mr. Hale starts working as a private tutor. Margaret and her mother find it difficult to adapt to the north. While Margaret tries to deal with her new home and thereby befriends Bessy Higgins and her father Nicholas, poor local mill workers, she becomes aware of the social inequalities. On seeing John Thornton, a cotton-mill owner, badly treating one of his workers, Margaret's prejudices are reinforced. Thornton, on the other hand, forms a more positive opinion of Margaret.
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Maria Hale's health ceases and her daughter Margaret decides to contact her brother Frederick - who had to leave England years earlier due to a wrongful court decision. The mill workers in Milton go on strike. In order to get his orders done in time, Thornton hires Irish workers. The angry strikers hear of this and in an attempt to threaten Thornton they hurt Margaret. Overwhelmed at her willing help to save Thornton from the strikers, he decides to propose to Margaret.
Episode 3
Episode 3
Episode 3
Deeply hurt at the refusal of his marriage proposal, Thornton and Margaret's relationship becomes more tense and difficult. Just in time, Frederick comes home to visit his dying mother. Thornton mistakes him for Margaret's lover. As Margaret realizes that she might have been mistaken in her harsh and hasty criticism of Thornton, she has to sadly observe his opinion of her altering. Shortly after the death of her mother, Margaret's friend Bessy also dies.
Episode 4
Episode 4
Episode 4
Frederick safely reaches Spain. After her father's death, Margaret leaves Milton to live with her aunt in London. Thornton learns that Frederick is Margaret's brother. With the money that she inherited from Mr. Bell, her godfather, she decides to help Mr. Thornton's mill from closing.
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