She discovered love in the most unlikely place...
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.

Barbara Marten
Ellen Hardy

Andrina Carroll
Kathy

Andrew Dunn
Geoff Hardy

Bruce Alexander
Mr. Butterworth, Headmaster

Tony Barton
Tom
Ben Campbell
Britchenor

Duggie Brown
Mr Britchenor

Julia Deakin
Alice
William Ilkley
Frank
Pauline Jefferson
Mrs. Parkin, Teacher
Eileen O'Brien
Mrs. Walker
Alan Partington
Mr. Pugh, Teacher
Eric Potts
Mr. Hathershaw

Paul Shane
Mayor
Lori Wells
Mrs. Britchenor