• Francesca Annis (Lady Ludlow)
• Eileen Atkins (Deborah Jenkyns)
• Sue Birtwistle (Producer)
• Simon Curtis (Director)
• Judi Dench (Matty Jenkyns)
• Rebecca Eaton (Executive Producer, MASTERPIECE)
• Imelda Staunton (Miss Pole)
• Heidi Thomas (Writer)
• Greg Wise (Sir Charles Maulver)

Imelda Staunton (Miss Pole) tackles the relevancy of Cranford in the modern world, compares her characters in Cranford and Vera Drake, and posits why the women of Cranford would have had such fantastic lives.