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Episode 1

Academy Award®–winning screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea) brings a fresh take to adapting E.M. Forster’s classic novel with its portrait of two imaginative and life-loving sisters in Edwardian England as they develop relationships within both the upper and lower classes. Stars Matthew Macfadyen, Hayley Atwell, Philippa Coulthard, and Tracey Ullman, among others.

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Episode 1

Howards End Episode 1 | 53m 0s | CC

A passionate misunderstanding, a surprise visit and a stolen umbrella set into motion a series of events that unexpectedly intertwine the lives of the Schlegels, the Wilcoxes and the Basts.

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