The Cranford Collection and Return to Cranford are available on DVD this week. The story is set in the early 1840s in the story bound village of Cranford in the county of Cheshire in North West England.

The single and widowed middle class female inhabitants are the main focus of the story. The women are comfortable with their traditional way of life and place great importance on propriety and maintaining an appearance of gentility.

The domestic detail throughout the series amazes me at every moment. Of course, these women represent the female gossip mongers of their day with bonnets and the like. Overall the story is well orchestrated and nicely staged for the viewer with funny moments plotted along the way, as is shown in this clip.