Overview

Set in a Yorkshire milltown in 1957, Ellen Hardy is unhappily married but is close to her ten-year-old son, Victor. The family has recently moved house and Victor has started at a new school where Ellen has become friendly with his teacher, Kathy Thompson, who is keen to encourage him at art. As the friendship between the two women grows, Ellen's millworker husband, Hardy, feels increasingly alienated at home.

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Cast

Barbara Marten

Ellen Hardy

Andrina Carroll

Kathy

Andrew Dunn

Geoff Hardy

Bruce Alexander

Mr. Butterworth, Headmaster

Tony Barton

Tom

Duggie Brown

Mr Britchenor

Julia Deakin

Alice

Eileen O'Brien

Mrs. Walker

Paul Shane

Mayor

Frank Windsor

Mr. Walker

Steven Woodcock

Station Announcer (uncredited)