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    North & South (TV serial)

    British TV miniseries of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel of the same name

    This article is about the British television series. For the unrelated American television miniseries, see North and South (miniseries). For other uses, see North and South.

    North & South is a British televisionhistorical dramaprogramme, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in four episodes on BBC One in November and December The serial is based on the Victorian novel North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell and takes place in the years surrounding the Great Exhibition of

    It follows the story of Margaret Hale (Daniela Denby-Ashe), a ung woman from southern England who has to move to the North after her father decides to leave the clergy. The family struggles to adjust itself to the industrial town's customs, especially after meeting the Thorntons, a proud family of cotton mill owners who at first seem to despise their social inferiors. The story explores the issu

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    North and South : Playing John Thornton (1)

     

    John Thornton was Richard Armitage's biggest role to date, and it was to have a significant effect on his career.


    Casting

    "I just couldn't get this part out of my head and inom kept reading the book. inom tortured myself with thinking inom hadn't got the part.” [7]

    Given the power and conviction with which he played the role, it seems, in hindsight, as if Richard Armitage was the obvious choice to play John Thornton. But in fact, the casting process for Thornton was a long one.

    Richard Armitage was one of the first people who was seen for the role.

    “I read the book before I went in to be cast. inom got through it as quickly as I could. I felt that I owed it to the role to know as much about it before inom attempted to try and convince someone to cast me as Thornton.” [1]

    “Within the first pages, I thought, ‘I’m right for this person and for this role’. My roots are in that part of t

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    Richard Armitage (actor)

    English actor

    For other people with the same name, see Richard Armitage.

    Richard Crispin Armitage () is an English actor and author. He received recognition in the UK with his first leading role as John Thornton in the British television programme North & South ().[1] His role as dwarf king and leader Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson's film trilogy adaptation of The Hobbit[2] brought him international recognition.

    Other notable roles include John Proctor in Yaël Farber's stage production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Francis Dolarhyde in the American TV series Hannibal,[3]Lucas North in the British TV drama Spooks,[4] John Porter in the British TV drama Strike Back,[5] Daniel Miller in the EPIX spy series Berlin Station[6] and Guy of Gisborne in the British TV drama Robin Hood.[4] He voiced Trevor Belmont in the Netflix adaptation of Castlevania. In , h

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