Return to Cranford
The two-part saga Return to Cranford opens to a struggling Cranford, a
traditional English village that in autumn 1844 is airing the conflicts that
accompany progress.
Miss Matty Jenkyns (Judi Dench), after having closed her business in the last
series, is happily babysitting the child of her maid, Martha (Claudie Blakley).
This gives the ladies in town something to gossip about, as does every other
small event in this chatty group. The same women populate this new Cranford –
the snooty Miss Jamieson (Barbara Flynn), nosy Miss Pole (Imelda Staunton), Miss
Forrester (Julia McKenzie), Peggy (Jodie Whittaker), and Erminia (Michelle
Dockery)- while a few new men added into the mix creates options for love
interests throughout.