All Season (1)
Nov 14, 2004
As the daughter of a middle-class parson, Margaret Hale has enjoyed a privileged upbringing in rural southern England. But when her father uproots the family, she is forced to adapt to a new life in Milton - a northern mill town in the throes of the industrial revolution. Margaret is shocked by her new surroundings - the dirt, the 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 begins to 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?
Cast & Crew
As Mary Higgins
About
North & South is released in 2005. Watch North & South all seasons full episodes online - the English Drama TV series from United Kingdom. North & South is directed by Brian Percival and created by Elizabeth Gaskell with Daniela Denby-Ashe and Richard Armitage.
