Set in the early 1840s in the fictional village of Cranford in the county of Cheshire in North West England, the story focuses primarily on the town's single and widowed middle class female inhabitants who are comfortable with their traditional way of life and place great store in propriety and maintaining an appearance of gentility. In the United States, it was broadcast in three episodes by PBS as part of its Masterpiece Theatre series in May 2008.Ĭranford returned with a two-part Christmas special Return to Cranford in 2009. The series was transmitted in five parts in the UK by BBC One in November and December 2007. " The Last Generation in England" was also used as a source. The teleplay by Heidi Thomas was adapted from three novellas by Elizabeth Gaskell published between 18: Cranford, My Lady Ludlow and Mr Harrison's Confessions. Cranford is a British television series directed by Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson.
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