Cranford

Mary Smith comes to visit her friends Matilda and Deborah Jenkins in the provincial town of Cranford. The main part of the local population consists of widows and old maids. Their entire social life is governed by a strict code of obligatory rules, order, and customs. The local men - merchants and craftsmen - are mostly ignored by the prim and proper female society. However, when a retired army captain, Brown, appears in the town, he instantly attracts the attention of all the unmarried ladies…