TV Film adaptation of Victoria Wood's hit musical set in Manchester in 1929 and 1969. When middle aged loners Tubby and Enid attend a reunion of the choir in which they sang as children, the music evokes powerful memories, leading them to realise they still have a chance to find happiness.
En la Inglaterra del siglo XIX, la huérfana y rica heredera, Anne Lister, vive con su tío y su tía, quienes quieren verla felizmente casada al desconocer que es lesbiana. Anne va guardando sus pensamientos en un diario encriptado. Cuando su amante, Mariana Belcombe, se casa con el rico Charles Lawton por conveniencia, Anne se siente traicionada a pesar de las visitas de Mariana. La relación entre ambas parece no ir a ningún sitio. (FILMAFFINITY)
Yorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her husband leaves her. To get over the financial crisis this creates she takes in car-dealer Dave. He's homeless as Kate's husband has moved in with his wife. This leaves the problem of how to get promptly pregnant. Surely not with increasingly interesting Dave. They can't even agree on a baby's name - he thinks Fanny is silly and she finds Elvis, well, inconceivable.