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''Cranford'' is a 2007 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] television series based on four books by Creator/ElizabethGaskell: ''Cranford'', ''Mr Harrison's Confessions'', and ''My Lady Ludlow'', with themes from ''The Last Generation in England''. The teleplay was written by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Heidi Thomas.
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''Cranford'' is a 2007 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] television series SundayEveningDramaSeries based on four books by Creator/ElizabethGaskell: ''Cranford'', ''Mr Harrison's Confessions'', and ''My Lady Ludlow'', with themes from ''The Last Generation in England''. The teleplay was written by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Heidi Thomas.
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''Cranford'' is a [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] television series based on four books by Creator/ElizabethGaskell: ''Cranford'', ''Mr Harrison's Confessions'', and ''My Lady Ludlow'', with themes from ''The Last Generation in England''. The teleplay was written by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Heidi Thomas.
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''Cranford'' is a 2007 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] television series based on four books by Creator/ElizabethGaskell: ''Cranford'', ''Mr Harrison's Confessions'', and ''My Lady Ludlow'', with themes from ''The Last Generation in England''. The teleplay was written by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Heidi Thomas.
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* IllGirl: Younger Miss Brown. We don't see much of her, and she dies in the first episode. Her sister Jessie says she knew it would come, but she's breaking her heart.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: The music for the waltz at the end of ''Return to Cranford'' is the InstrumentalThemeTune of the series, albeit in 3/4 time (the original was in [[CommonTime 4/4]]). It's appropriately called "Cranford Waltz".
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Mary Smith's half-siblings. There is five of them and the eldest is barely seven years old. And Mrs Smith is either chubby or expecting another child.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Mary Smith's half-siblings. There is are five of them and the eldest is barely seven years old. And Mrs Smith is either chubby or expecting another child.
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** Mary Smith ships dr. Frank Harrison and clergyman's daughter Sophy Hutton. She sees that dr. Harrison falls for Sophy and she thinks it would be a good and cute match.
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** Mary Smith ships dr.Dr. Frank Harrison and clergyman's daughter Sophy Hutton. She sees that dr. Dr. Harrison falls has fallen for Sophy and she thinks it would be a good and cute match.
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* BreakTheCutie: Miss Matty gets her heart broken at ''least'' once an episode. Seeing as how she's played by Creator/JudiDench, tears from viewers follow.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Everyone, really.
* CoolOldLady: A cast full of them, particularly Miss Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns.
* CoolOldLady: A cast full of them, particularly Miss Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns.
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%% * CharacterDevelopment: Everyone, really.
* CoolOldLady:A cast full of them, particularly Miss Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns.Jenkyns is a very nice old lady, extremely kind to her house guest Mary, friend to all children and generally a great human being.
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* CostumeDrama
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* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Martha]], and her baby dies too.
* DisappearingBox: Used in one of the most heartwarming moments on British television.
* DisappearingBox: Used in one of the most heartwarming moments on British television.
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* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Martha]], Martha]] dies giving birth to her second child, and her baby dies too.
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* FlowerMotifs: In episode 2, Jessie Brown receives a bouquet of anemones from Major Gordon, whose proposal of marriage she had to turn down years ago in order to care for her ill sister. In the Victorian language of flowers, anemones mean "love ever steadfast." Well played, Major Gordon. Very well played, indeed. [[spoiler:He wins her in the end.]]
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* FlowerMotifs: In episode 2, Jessie Brown receives a bouquet of anemones from Major Gordon, whose proposal of marriage she had to turn down years ago in order to care for her ill sister. In the Victorian language of flowers, anemones mean "love ever steadfast." steadfast". Well played, Major Gordon. Very well played, indeed. [[spoiler:He wins her in the end.]]
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* GorgeousPeriodDress: From the early Victorian era.
* GossipyHens: In this case, they're actually the main characters. Octavia Pole is the most gossipy of the lot.
* GrandeDame
** The Honourable Mrs Jamieson, who is carted about in a sedan chair and is terribly condescending to the ladies of Cranford who are not as well-endowed as she.
** Lady Ludlow.
* GossipyHens: In this case, they're actually the main characters. Octavia Pole is the most gossipy of the lot.
* GrandeDame
** The Honourable Mrs Jamieson, who is carted about in a sedan chair and is terribly condescending to the ladies of Cranford who are not as well-endowed as she.
** Lady Ludlow.
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* GorgeousPeriodDress: From All ladies and gentlemen wear exquisite costumes from the early Victorian era.
* GossipyHens: Various middle-aged to older ladies from Cranford. In this case, they're actually the main characters. Octavia Pole is the most gossipy of the lot.
*GrandeDame
**GrandeDame The Honourable Mrs Jamieson, who is carted about in a sedan chair and is terribly condescending to the ladies of Cranford who are not as well-endowed as she.
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* GossipyHens: Various middle-aged to older ladies from Cranford. In this case, they're actually the main characters. Octavia Pole is the most gossipy of the lot.
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** Peggy Bell is always nice to her overbearing family, and steady in supporting the love of her life.
** Meek, kindhearted Miss Matty is an older example; she was this in her youth, and still retains the personality -- and the hair.
** Meek, kindhearted Miss Matty is an older example; she was this in her youth, and still retains the personality -- and the hair.
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** Peggy Bell is a lovely blonde who is always nice to her overbearing family, and steady in supporting the love of her life.
** Meek, kindhearted Miss Matty is an older example; she wasthis a kind-hearted girl in her youth, and still retains the personality -- and the hair.hair (though it's white).
** Meek, kindhearted Miss Matty is an older example; she was
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* TheIngenue: Sophy Hutton
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** The Widow Bell
** Edward Bell
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** Lord Septimus
** The Widow Bell
** Edward Bell
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%% ** The Widow Bell
%% ** Edward Bell
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%% ** Lord Septimus
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-->'''William''': You ''don't'' want to marry me, do you, Erminia?
-->'''Erminia''': No, I do ''not!''
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* LoveAtFirstSight: Frank Harrison, for Sophy.
* LoveEpiphany: You can actually ''see'' the moment it hits William Buxton that he's in love with Peggy Bell.
-->'''Erminia''': No, I do ''not!''
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* LoveAtFirstSight: Frank Harrison, for Sophy.
* LoveEpiphany: You can actually ''see'' the moment it hits William Buxton that he's in love with Peggy Bell.
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%% * LoveEpiphany: You can actually ''see'' the moment it hits William Buxton that he's in love with Peggy Bell.
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* PuppyDogEyes: Miss Matty. And given what the poor woman goes through... well, there's a reason viewers spend so much time wanting to hug her.
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* PuppyDogEyes: Miss Matty. And given what the poor woman Matty has big blue eyes and several times pulls off this vulnerable look. She goes through... well, there's through many heartbreaks (her sister's death, financial ruin, her beloved's death, her friend's death... she cannot catch a reason viewers spend so much time wanting to hug her.break).
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** Mary Smith ships Frank Harrison and Sophy Hutton.
** Miss Matty ships William Buxton and Peggy Bell.
** Mr Buxton ships William Buxton and Erminia Whyte -- both of whom put a firm stop to ''that'' immediately.
** Miss Matty ships William Buxton and Peggy Bell.
** Mr Buxton ships William Buxton and Erminia Whyte -- both of whom put a firm stop to ''that'' immediately.
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** Mary Smith ships dr. Frank Harrison and clergyman's daughter Sophy Hutton.
Hutton. She sees that dr. Harrison falls for Sophy and she thinks it would be a good and cute match.
** Miss Matty ships William Buxton and PeggyBell.
Bell. She is right in suspecting there is a budding love between them.
** Mr Buxton ships his son William Buxton and his ward Erminia Whyte -- both of whom put a firm stop to ''that'' immediately.
** Miss Matty ships William Buxton and Peggy
** Mr Buxton ships his son William Buxton and his ward Erminia Whyte -- both of whom put a firm stop to ''that'' immediately.
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** Miss Matty and Thomas Holbrook. Nothing ever went right for them.
** Depending on how the subtext is read, Laurentia Galindo and Edmund Carter.
** Depending on how the subtext is read, Laurentia Galindo and Edmund Carter.
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** Miss Matty and Thomas Holbrook. Nothing ever went right for them.
them. They were in love when young but were separated, and almost were reunited in the winter of their life.
** Depending on how the subtext is read, Laurentia Galindo and Edmund Carter. They definitely had a thing for one another, their interaction is full of unresolved tension and suppressed love. [[spoiler:Then he dies. She seems to know he loved her and is sorrowful that they did not have more time together.]]
** Depending on how the subtext is read, Laurentia Galindo and Edmund Carter. They definitely had a thing for one another, their interaction is full of unresolved tension and suppressed love. [[spoiler:Then he dies. She seems to know he loved her and is sorrowful that they did not have more time together.]]
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* TooImportantToWalk: Mrs Jamieson.
* UndyingLoyalty: Martha, to Miss Matty. She refuses to go when Miss Matty is financially ruined and cannot afford a servant.
* UndyingLoyalty: Martha, to Miss Matty. She refuses to go when Miss Matty is financially ruined and cannot afford a servant.
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* UndyingLoyalty:Martha, to Martha who is Miss Matty.Matty's serving girl. She refuses to go when Miss Matty is financially ruined and cannot afford a servant.
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-->'''William''': We have always been equals. Love makes people so.
* UnwantedHarem: Poor, poor Doctor Harrison.
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* WidowWoman: Several of the Cranford ladies are widowed, mostly without children.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In ''My Lady Ludlow'', Lady Ludlow's agent is named Mr. Horner. The series changes his name to Mr. Carter.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Lady Ludlow in the books is less cold and distant than Lady Ludlow in the series.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Lady Ludlow in the books is less cold and distant than Lady Ludlow in the series.
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* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Martha]], and her baby dies too.
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** Sophy Hutton is pretty, fair-haired and pale-skinned, and is very helpful to her widowed father. She's always very lady-like and an in-universe LustObject for Doctor Harrison.
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** Sophy Hutton is pretty, fair-haired and pale-skinned, and is very helpful to her widowed father. She's always very lady-like lady-like, and an in-universe LustObject for (despite what the gossips claim) is the only woman Doctor Harrison.Harrison actually loves.
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* CommunityThreateningConstruction: The imminent arrival of the railway is a major source of concern and disagreement in the community, with many concerned that it will destroy their way of life.
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* RailroadPlot: The imminent arrival of the railway is a major source of concern and disagreement in the community, with many concerned that it will destroy their way of life.
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* CommunityThreateningConstruction: The railway.
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* CommunityThreateningConstruction: The railway.
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** Jessie Brown has lost her bloom, nursing her ill mother and then sister. She had a suitor but turned him down because she felt an obligation to her family. Her father never noticed the relationship and quite insensitively tells her that she never even had a chance, even though he loves her deeply and is a caring parent.
** Averted with Miss Mary Smith. She appears to be in her mid-twenties, though her age is never stated. She says about herself that she's young and has no reason to feel dissatisfied with her lot. Her young step-mother desperately wants to marry her off, but Mary only feels embarrassed by her vulgar matchmaking. She never says never, but it would have to feel right, and she also says she hasn't yet felt a desire to have children of her own. In ''Return to Cranford'', she gets engaged, but breaks it off and decides to [[spoiler:move to London to pursue a career as a writer.]]
** Jessie Brown has lost her bloom, nursing her ill mother and then sister. She had a suitor but turned him down because she felt an obligation to her family. Her father never noticed the relationship and quite insensitively tells her that she never even had a chance, even though he loves her deeply and is a caring parent.
** Averted with Miss Mary Smith. She appears to be in her mid-twenties, though her age is never stated. She says about herself that she's young and has no reason to feel dissatisfied with her lot. Her young step-mother desperately wants to marry her off, but Mary only feels embarrassed by her vulgar matchmaking. She never says never, but it would have to feel right, and she also says she hasn't yet felt a desire to have children of her own. In ''Return to Cranford'', she gets engaged, but breaks it off and decides to [[spoiler:move to London to pursue a career as a writer.]]
* MaidenAunt: Miss Matty is not related to Mary Smith and she does not have any nieces or nephews, but her role within the community and to her firends fit the trope. She doesn't have any children, but she takes interest in others and tries to take care of them.
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* OldMaid: Several of the Cranford ladies are unmarried older women.
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* OldMaid: Several of OldMaid:
** Jessie Brown has lost her bloom, nursing her ill mother and then sister. She had a suitor but turned him down because she felt an obligation to her family. Her father never noticed theCranford ladies are unmarried older women.relationship and quite insensitively tells her that she never even had a chance, even though he loves her deeply and is a caring parent.
** PlayedWith in case of Miss Mary Smith. She appears to be in her mid-twenties, thus reaching the Victorian threshhold for being desirable, though her precise age is never stated. She says about herself that she's young and has no reason to feel dissatisfied with her lot. Her young step-mother desperately wants to marry her off, but Mary only feels embarrassed by her vulgar matchmaking. She never says never, but it would have to feel right, and she also says she hasn't yet felt a desire to have children of her own. In ''Return to Cranford'', she gets engaged, but breaks it off and decides to [[spoiler:move to London to pursue a career as a writer.]]
** Jessie Brown has lost her bloom, nursing her ill mother and then sister. She had a suitor but turned him down because she felt an obligation to her family. Her father never noticed the
** PlayedWith in case of Miss Mary Smith. She appears to be in her mid-twenties, thus reaching the Victorian threshhold for being desirable, though her precise age is never stated. She says about herself that she's young and has no reason to feel dissatisfied with her lot. Her young step-mother desperately wants to marry her off, but Mary only feels embarrassed by her vulgar matchmaking. She never says never, but it would have to feel right, and she also says she hasn't yet felt a desire to have children of her own. In ''Return to Cranford'', she gets engaged, but breaks it off and decides to [[spoiler:move to London to pursue a career as a writer.]]
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* BreakTheCutie: Miss Matty gets her heart broken at ''least'' once an episode. Seeing as how she's played by JudiDench, tears from viewers follow.
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* BreakTheCutie: Miss Matty gets her heart broken at ''least'' once an episode. Seeing as how she's played by JudiDench, Creator/JudiDench, tears from viewers follow.
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* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Near the end of the last episode, young Harry is found dead, and Mr Hutton and Miss Galindo mourn him and regret the senseless waste of life... but wait, he still breaths! It's effective because children do die in this series.]]
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* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Near the end of the last episode, young Harry is found dead, and Mr Hutton and Miss Galindo mourn him and regret the senseless waste of life... but wait, he still breaths! breathes! It's effective because children do die in this series.]]
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- All Star Cast: The cast list reads like a \"Who\'s Who\" of the best of the British acting world. — Moved to Trivia-tab
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* AllStarCast: The cast list reads like a "Who's Who" of the best of the British acting world.
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** Miss Matty used to be a gentle English Rose when she was young. She was very pretty and people say her most striking feature was her complexion. She was very devoted to her family and actually never married because her family needed her support.
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** Miss Matty used to be is a gentle English Rose when she was young. who aged gracefully. She was very pretty when she was young and people say her most striking feature was her complexion. She was very devoted to her family and actually never married because her family needed her support.
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* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: The pairing of Sir Charles Maulver/Erminia Whyte sprang into existence based upon a single scene of them dancing together at the end of ''Return to Cranford''.
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* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: The pairing of Sir Charles Maulver/Erminia Whyte sprang into existence based upon a single scene of them dancing together at the end of ''Return to Cranford''.