North And South : Complete BBC Series | 
 enlarge | Director: Brian Percival
Actors: Daniela Denby-ashe, Richard Armitage, Sinead Cusack, Lesley Manville, Tim Pigott-smith
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 253
Format: Box Set, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 233 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014503169527
ASIN: B0007N1BBC
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: April 11, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Absolutely Gorgeous! September 29, 2008
Foxy Brown (UK)
Beautiful, sensual, violent on the senses and serious. Additive, riveting and gorgeous. If you want a real period drama, this really is it. The acting is superb, the camera work beautiful and the scene when Richard Armitage stands at the window and says 'look back at me...' oh my. Viewers you are in for a real delight. A first class production. You will want to watch this all in one sitting!
The best of the best September 13, 2008
Anna (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An absolute gem of a romantic period drama - I agree with previous reviewers, this is better than even Pride & Prejuidice with Colin Firth which otherwise usually steals the show. Very beautiful and well done artistically, excellent acting and perfect adaptation which does not try to squeeze a whole book into just 2 hours but actually does it justice. I read the book after seeing this series and enjoyed it enormously, not least because it has some interesting differences which mean there are two equally good stories to follow and enjoy. Don't miss this one!
One of the best period dramas! May 1, 2008
D. Stegmann
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this DVD a month because I couldn't watch the series when it came on TV in 2004. And I'm so happy I did it. It is one of the best period dramas I've seen so far...and I 've seen many! Casting, and production and all the team of N&S did a great job with this adaptation....so if you liked Firth's Pride and Prejudice then you'll love this one 100%!!
Absolutely Beautiful and Moving April 4, 2008
H. Aabybro (UK)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought this DVD and have watched it again and again and again. It is so heartfelt and so moving, so well acted, beautiful music, it is faultless. What I loved about this, was it gave a rare insight into life of different classes in Northern England in the 1800's, we are given a taste of the differences in manners and etiquette of Northerners and Southerners, and the snobbery that existed and to a degree still exists between people from the North and South of England. But for me it was how we are journeyed into the live's of the characters, who come from both the upper and working classes, seeing the very real struggles and working conditions of the working classes and what they endured. There is a beautiful and subtle development of love between the main characters, who are so contrasting in nature but are so well suited, the imagery set against an absolutely beautiful music score, means that North and South just does not leave an impression on the mind but on the very heart. Having watched many very good BBC adaptations, Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House, Cranford, Sense and Sensibility, Jane Eyre, Emma etc etc etc. I put this at number one, it just leaves such a deep impression.
completely wonderful March 22, 2008
Cailin Mae Phoenix
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a though-provoking and beautifully shot series. The insight into the struggle of the workers and the owners is amazing and you really feel the suffering of those who could not afford the stike, but could also not afford to betray the others. Even slightly above that was the brilliant array of spectacular acting in this piece. Richard Armitage portrays Thorton's arrogant, maybe violent yet pratical, compassionate and intellegent charactor perfectly. And he is supported by an excellent cast, including Daniela Denby-Ashe as Margeret Hale.
Margaret's father uproots their family and takes them from their quiet peaceful Helstone in the south to busy dirty and industrial Milton in the north.
As they all adjust to their new situation, Margaret starts to join the workers in thier struggles and makes her dislike of this unrefined, uneducated and somtimes vulgar new class clear to everyone-especially John Thorton.
But as she learns more, she realises there is more to see than what first meets the eye to the mills and their owners. But can change her view of Thorton who has become her admirer?
This is a beautiful series and is really worth watching! I cant say how true it is to the book by Elizabeth Gaskell, but I know one thing, I am going to read that book and the North and South series will always be among my favourites. Buy it!
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