Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Eileen Atkins may be the draw, but charming as it is, this adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell novels also has plenty to say.
It's been a good run on "Masterpiece Classic," which began in January with the start of a complete Jane Austen and ends this month with the three-part "Cranford," so it's only fitting for the series to go out with a bang. Or if not a bang, than a suitably stoic and subtle celebration of the tensions between passions and propriety, tradition and ambition that make 19th century Britain so fascinating to all us modern folk.
'Cranford' on PBS
Submitted by TV Show News on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 03:00.»
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