The Cranford Collection features the award winning drama series, Cranford and Return to Cranford, based on the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. Starring Judi Dench, Cranford follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford, as they are besieged by forces that they can't withstand. Cranford in the 1840s is a small northern English town on the cusp of change. The big adventures of a small town continue in Return to Cranford with the arrival of baby Tilly to Miss Matty's house. Life never stands still for long and Cranford is about to change in some unexpected ways. As seen on ABC1.