Part one. Drama following the fortunes of carpenter Robert Bradley (Jack Davenport), who moves to the country to start work in his uncle's furniture business. A bitter row with his fanatically religious relative leaves him without a roof over his head, forcing him to seek employment with a beguiling local woman known as the Moth. With Justine Waddell, David Howey and Sally Grey

Robert discovers Sarah sobbing by the roadside and learns her violent father Reginald is up to his eyes in debt, drinking heavily and planning to send Millie to an asylum. As events spiral out of control, a tragic confrontation leads to an uneasy bond between Robert and David. Second in the three-part drama, starring Jack Davenport, Juliet Aubrey, Jeremy Clyde, Justine Waddell and David Bradley.