• Air date: 20 Feb '11 3 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (3)
    • 1. Episode 1

      20 Feb '11
      Sarah arrives at the school, determined to transform both the teaching and the buildings.
    • 2. Episode 2

      27 Feb '11
      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.
    • 3. Episode 3

      06 Mar '11
      Sarah throws herself into work to take her mind off the pain of unrequited love.