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Based on
  
Quarry Bank Mill

Directed by
  
James Hawes

Original language(s)
  
English

Final episode date
  
24 August 2014

Number of seasons
  
2

Cast
  
Kerrie Hayes

7.5/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Period drama

Written by
  
John Fay

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

First episode date
  
28 July 2013

Network
  
Channel 4

Number of episodes
  
10

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The Mill was a 2013 period television drama broadcast on Britain's Channel 4. It was is based on real-life stories and people of the textile mill workers at Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire, England, combined with fictional characters and events. The program is also filmed in Cheshire.

Contents

The first series, written by John Fay, is set in 1830s Britain during the Industrial Revolution. It was directed by James Hawes and produced by Caroline Levy.

The second and final series, which began airing on 20 July 2014, is set between 1838 and 1842, four years after the first series. The series was cancelled by Channel 4 in 2014, leaving the story unfinished.

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Plot

The Mill tells the story of life in Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire during the 1830s through the eyes of central characters, Esther Price and Daniel Bate. Esther is played by Kerrie Hayes and is a young millworker who risks her own position to stand up for justice. Daniel is played by Matthew McNulty and is a progressive young engineer with a troubled past. Based on the extensive historical archive of Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire and real people's lives, the series depicts Britain at a time when the industrial revolution is changing the country beyond recognition. The series deals with themes of worker's rights, safety in millwork, child labour laws and the political movement to improve these conditions. Twas a decent show, fat tv bosses got it all wrong the pigs.

Cast

The cast include:

  • Donald Sumpter – Quarry Bank’s founder, Samuel Greg
  • Jamie Draven – his son, Robert Greg
  • Barbara Marten – Hannah Greg, Robert's mother.
  • Rosilyn Ann Southgate – Mill apprentice
  • Matthew McNulty – Daniel Bate
  • Kerrie Hayes – Esther Price
  • Katherine Rose Morley - Lucy Garner
  • Holly Lucas - Susannah Catterall
  • Ciarán Griffiths – Matthew Boon
  • Craig Parkinson – Charlie Crout
  • Sacha Parkinson – Miriam Catterall
  • Kevin McNally – Mr Timperley
  • Andrew Lee Potts – William Greg
  • Aidan McArdle – John Doherty
  • Morgan Watkins George Windell
  • Reception

    The first episode of Series 1 was aired on the evening of 28 July 2013. The series was well received among UK viewers but received mixed reviews due to its controversial storylines and characters.

    Grace Dent of The Independent described it as "so bloody serious, so dry, so gritty Bafta, so bang-you-around-the-head worthy" that she could not describe the first 10 minutes "without laughing". Arifa Akbar, also at The Independent, compared its social realism with the BBC's The Village but noted the plot nevertheless had sufficient intrigue and promise to keep an audience interested. Ceri Radford in The Telegraph summarised it as "Take every cliché you can think of about the Industrial Revolution, mix them all up into one gloomy morass of woe, and that’s pretty much last night’s opening".

    References

    The Mill (TV series) Wikipedia