Margaret is shocked by her new surroundings - the dirt, noise and gruffness of the people of Milton. However, she saves her greatest contempt for the mill-owners. When John Thornton, charismatic proprietor of Marlborough Mills, becomes a 'pupil' of her father, she makes her distaste for this vulgar and uneducated new class abundantly clear.
Over time, Margaret's attitude towards the mill workers begin to change and she joins their workplace struggles against poverty and disease. But will she ever change and she joins their workplace struggles against poverty and disease. But will she ever change her view of their employers - in particular, John Thornton who has secretly become her admirer?
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Margaret is shocked by her new surroundings - the dirt, noise and gruffness of the people of Milton. However, she saves her greatest contempt for the mill-owners. When John Thornton, charismatic proprietor of Marlborough Mills, becomes a 'pupil' of her father, she makes her distaste for this vulgar and uneducated new class abundantly clear.
Over time, Margaret's attitude towards the mill workers begin to change and she joins their workplace struggles against poverty and disease. But will she ever change and she joins their workplace struggles against poverty and disease. But will she ever change her view of their employers - in particular, John Thornton who has secretly become her admirer?
Studio | BBC |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | April 2005 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
Movie released | 2004 |
Actors | Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage, Tim Pigott-Smith, Pauline Quirke, Sinéad Cusack, Lesley Manville, Brendan Coyle, Lucy Brown, Rupert Evans, David Fleeshman |
Contributors | Kate Bartlett, Sandy Welch, Martin Phipps |
Directors | Brian Percival |
Dimensions | 192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format | |
Disks | 2 |
Running time | 3 hours, 53 minutes |
Region encoding | Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players. |
Audio format | Dolby Digital Stereo |
Video format | Widescreen 16:9 (1.78:1) |
Languages | value |
Subtitles | value |
Age restriction | 12 PG |
Categories | |
LSN | XQ4-79C-0KE-2 |