English track: Dolby digital stereo. Based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. Special feature: The making of Cranford. Francesca Annis, Eileen Atkins, Simon Woods, Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Alex Etel. Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2007.
Summary:
Three Elizabeth Gaskell novels are woven together to create this comic drama, following the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford, as they are besieged by forces that they can't withstand.
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