The Girl

The story

Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.

Cast & crew

Siobhan FlynnHannah Boyle

Jonathan CakeNed Ridley

Mark BentonFred Loam

Susan JamesonMrs. Daisy Loam

Jill BakerAnne Thornton

Emily HamiltonMargaret Thornton

Stuart Piper

Stuart PiperYoung John

David Whealy

David WhealyPearman