Elizabeth Gaskell
Return to Cranford (2009); directed by Simon Curtis; BBC
Starring: 
- Matty Jenkins = Judi Dench
- Miss Pole = Imelda Staunton
- Lady Ludlow = Francesca Annis
- Martha = Claudie Blakeley
- Captain Brown = Jim Carter
- Mary Smith = Lisa Dillon
- Harry Gregson = Alex Etel
- William Buxton = Tom Hiddelston
- Mr Buxton = Jonathan Pryce
- Signor Brunoni = Tim Curry
Cranford (2007);directed by Simon Curtis/Steve Hudson; BBC
Starring:
- Miss Matty Jenkins = Judi Dench
- Deborah Jenkins = Eileen Atkins
- Miss Pole = Imelda Staunton
- Mrs. Forrester = Julia McKenzie
- Harry Gregson = Alex Etel
- Miss Tomkinson = Deborah Findlay
- Mrs. Jamieson = Barbara Flynn
- Captain Brown = Jim Carter
- Lady Ludlow = Francesca Annis
- Mrs. Galindo = Emma Fielding
North and South (2004); directed by Brian Percival; BBC
Starring:
- Margaret Hale = Daniela Denby-Ashe
- John Thornton = Richard Armitage
- Richard Hale = Tim Pigott-Smit
- Hannah Thornton = Sinead Cusack
- Nicholas Higgins = Brendan Coyle
- Bessy Higgins = Anna Maxwell Martin
- Fanny Thornton = Jo Joyner
- Frederick Hale = Rupert Evans
Wives and Daughters (1999); directed by Nicholas Renton; BBC
Starring:
- Molly Gibson = Justine Waddell
- Mr. Gibson = Bill Paterson
- Hyacinth Gibson = Francesca Annis
- Cynthia Kilpatrick = Keeley Hawes
- Osbourne Hamley = Tom Hollander
- Roger Hamley = Anthony Howell
- Squire Hamley = Michael Gambon
- Mr. Preston = Iain Glenn
