• Air date: 19 Dec '09 2 episodes
      Cranford, where everything changes and all remains the same, and Miss Matty's house is full of bustle when her maid Martha gives birth to a daughter. Elsewhere the shadow of the new railway still looms. Miss Matty is concerned about a young girl who lives in an isolated cottage with her mother and domineering brother. Her worries open a Pandora's box and fears that Cranford will never recover.
  • List of Episodes (2)
    • 1. August 1844

      20 Dec '09
      Miss Matty becomes concerned about an isolated youngster as Mr Buxton returns to town.
    • 2. October 1844

      26 Dec '09
      Defying his father, William finds a job with Captain Brown working on the railway.