Part 2 of 13 of the classic period drama. Sarah checks out her new school and teachers ready for the term to come, but is less than impressed by both the conditions of the building and the staff's lack approach to teaching. She also checks out the other pupils that will be attending there when she goes to a local stage production, where she encounters the Holly family, a family of nine who live in caravan type slums and who one of their daughter is rushed in to hospital with suspected appendicitis. The eldest daughter Lydia befriends the new neighbours Fred and Nancy Mitchell, who have had to move there when money became tight. While Nancy is snobbish about the area, Fred encourages Lydia's love for literature. Starring Dorothy Tutin, Nigel Davenport, Peter Madden, Judi Bowker, Ingrid Hafner, Margaret Flint, Lesley Dunlop, Jane Wood, Milton Johns, Vivien Walker, Michelle Cerowski, Hermione Baddeley, Bernard Kay, Ray Mort, Margaret Burton, John F Landry and John Ray. The original TV version of South Riding, this sees a couple of early appearances by Judi Bowker (Black Beauty) and Lesley Dunlop, who would later find fame in sitcom May To December (1990-94). Mind you, wait until you see her in the notorious school production Sarah Burton's character goes to see in this. You'll be with Burton on this when you see just how overtly sexual it all is! What's more surprising is it differs to the reaction in the 2011 version, which is more recent but treats it all as "jolly good fun." More dubious would of been my reaction.