/ Modified apr 28, 2011 6:49 a.m.

Masterpiece Classic: South Riding

A lively schoolteacher returns to her north England home during the Depression-era to live, work and possibly love. Sunday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD.

Ambitious teacher Sarah Burton (Anna Maxwell Martin) returns to her Yorkshire origins to apply for the job of headmistress at the local girl’s school. Landowner Robert Carne (David Morrissey) mistrusts all she stands for.

mast_south_riding_class617x347 Anna Maxwell Martin as Sarah Burton and schoolgirls.
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Anna Maxwell Martin (MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Bleak House”) stars in this three-part miniseries based on the beloved 1936 novel by Winifred Holtby, adapted by celebrated screenwriter Andrew Davies (MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Little Dorrit,” “Pride and Prejudice”). Also starring are David Morrissey (MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Sense and Sensibility”) as the enigmatic gentleman farmer who crosses swords with the new headmistress before falling in love with her and Penelope Wilton (MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey”) as a progressive town councilwoman. Laura Linney hosts.

Sunday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD.

[Masterpiece Classic](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/]

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