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Synopsis

During the 1840s, the small Cheshire market town of Cranford awaits the railway that is pushing its way from Manchester. This brings fears of migrant workers and the breakdown of law and order. Causing a stir to the town is handsome doctor, Frank Harrison (Simon Woods) from London, with revolutionary medical methods and a certain “way” with the ladies. Miss Matty Jenkyns (Judi Dench) was crushed when, as a young woman, she was forced to give up the man she loved, Mr. Holbrook (Michael Gambon). She is loved by the town because of her kindness, while her sibling and fellow spinster dominates the town’s women.