North and South

The first in a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's feisty and passionate story, set across the social divide, in the changing world of Victorian industrial society.

Tensions rise as the workers strike over pay. Margaret is caught between the workers and their employer when she steps in to try and protect Thornton from violence.

Thornton is heartbroken and humiliated, but at least the strike is over. As Margaret travels to London to see the Great Exhibition, a chance to impress her presents itself.

Margaret goes to live with her aunt after a family bereavement. Will Thornton and Margaret meet again and finally acknowledge their love for one another?