One of the best BBC miniseries that I've ever seen so far. What I love the most about this series is that it shows the "class struggle" at all levels whether it is social status, geographical status (from what area a person is from or what local they might inhabit), employment level status (worker, employer) etc. Anyway, this presentation does a wonderful job of showing the class differences in England mid-1800. The acting is simply superb by a huge cast and the recreation of the era is marvelous. I love the cotton mill scenes with the machines roaring and cotton dust flying all over the place-fabulous.
The adaptation is generally faithful to the Glaskell's book.