1815 год. После Битвы при Ватерлоо солдат Джозеф возвращается в родной Манчестер. Парень ещё толком не оправился от войны, а уже новая напасть угрожает его семье - экономический спад ведёт к безработице и голоду. Народное недовольство растёт, и всё большую популярность получают идеи Генри Ханта - искусного оратора, который поддерживает рабочий класс и выступает за всеобщее избирательное право.
A gripping story of love, deceit, betrayal and survival set against the backdrop of the Miners' Strike of 1984-85. Michelle is married to Gary, a young miner who goes on strike as soon as the dispute between the Thatcher government and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) begins. Meanwhile, her sister Linda's husband Paul is a local policeman. Paul becomes more and more voluble in his opposition to the strike, while Linda looks around her and witnesses the women of her community suddenly find a voice and independence. The scene is set for political and personal conflicts which would change their lives forever.
A bored little prince makes a poor rat hunter his whipping boy but after his pranks at the royal court almost causes a war with the neighbor king he runs away with the whipping boy to escape from his first spanking. After being in the real world his life will change making him a prince fit to rule.
Barbara and Naseem are in the same hospital, having babies. They make friends. But the celebrations of their husbands, Kenny and Quereshi, 'Jimmy', lead to a headlong chase, with crazy mix-ups, collisions and brushes with the law
В маленьком британском городке жизнь идёт своим чередом, люди влюбляются, женятся и не особо обращают внимание на то, что происходит в мире... А зря... Советский Союз уже напал на Иран, а Америка не даёт перемещать туда ядерные ракеты.
