Released in 1985, North and South is a four-part British drama miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Elizabeth Gaskell. The miniseries follows the wealthy Hazlewood family from the north of England and the impoverished Thorntons from the south, and their interactions with one another.

The first episode introduces the Hazlewoods, who are preparing to travel to their new home in the south. Margaret (Sharon Maughan), the daughter of the family, is excited to meet her new fiancé, John (Craig Charles), but is dismayed when she learns that her father has hired Thornton, a poor mill worker, …