Margaret Hale, a 19-year-old lively young girl, and her parents leave the south, when her father Richard resigns as the clergy in Helstone on a matter of conscience. The family moves to Milton in the north of England where Mr. Hale starts working as a private tutor.

Cast: Daniela Denby-Ashe, Tim Pigott-Smith, Emma Ferguson, Travis Oliver, Jane Booker, Lesley Manville, John Light, Pauline Quirke, David Fleeshman, Tom Charnock, Richard Armitage, Frank Lauder, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sinéad Cusack, Jane Cameron