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South Riding

Season 1 2011
TV-14

  • 2011-02-20T21:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 1h
  • 3h (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
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.
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3 episodes

Series Premiere

2011-02-20T21:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

55%

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2011-02-20T21:00:00Z — 1h

Sarah arrives at the school, determined to transform both the teaching and the buildings.

2011-02-27T21:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

70%

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2011-02-27T21:00:00Z — 1h

Sarah’s ambitions for her school find their focus in Lydia Holly, the gifted oldest child of a labourer and his wife who live with six children in the nearby shanty town.

Season Finale

2011-03-06T21:00:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

73%

Season Finale

1x03 Episode 3

  • 2011-03-06T21:00:00Z — 1h

Sarah throws herself into work to take her mind off the pain of unrequited love.

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