Follows the residents of one English village across the 20th century and their turbulent lives.
Genre: Drama
Cast:David Ryall , Maxine Peake , John Simm , Charlie Murphy , Emily Beecham , Rupert Evans , Augustus Prew , Juliet Stevenson , Annabelle Apsion , Anthony Flanagan , Ainsley Howard , Jim Cartwright , Joe Armstrong , Scott Handy , Chloe Harris , Matt Stokoe , Amelia Young , Joe Duttine
1923. The Allinghams host a weekend party at the Big House for Edmund's political sponsor Lord Kilmartin.
John is still keeping his head above water at the farm by milking his cows by hand, but Berts money is running out. There is tension in the Middleton marriage as Grace finds herself attracted to Bill, the local Labour candidate.
Grace and John continue to fall out over everything. John has constructed a mobile milking machine that turns his farm into a booming success, especially when Rutter's cos contract TB so John has the monopoly on milk production.
Gilbert and Agnes get married in the face of Norma's fierce opposition. Martha and Eyre steal some alone time together.
The future of the farm hangs in the balance; John is in a coma following the blow to his head at the Mass Trespass.
John struggles with his speech after his accident at the mass trespass..