About this season
Serialisation of the novel by Mrs Gaskell.
Episodes (4)
1. Part One
Aired 1 December 1975 • 55 min
Margaret Hale is pleased to be leaving London to live with her parents in Hampshire. She is unaware that an even longer journey is in store.
2. Part Two
Aired 8 December 1975 • 55 min
Mr Hale has left the Church and is working as a tutor in a Northern industrial town. Times are hard for the mill workers and a strike is threatened.
3. Part Three
Aired 15 December 1975 • 55 min
John Thornton has succeeded in breaking the strike. Margaret Hale has put her reputation at risk by protecting him from a mob of angry workers. John Thornton has misinterpreted her action and, with the grudging approval of his mother, he has resolved to marry her.
4. Part Four
Aired 22 December 1975 • 55 min
Margaret Hale has rejected John Thornton 's proposal of marriage and has defended herself against Mrs Thornton 's accusations.