SYNOPSIS
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 MartenEllen Hardy
- Andrina CarrollKathy
- Andrew DunnGeoff Hardy
- Bruce AlexanderMr. Butterworth, Headmaster
- Steven WoodcockStation Announcer
- Genevieve AtlasSchool Secretary
- Tony BartonTom
- Robert BealPostman
- Duggie BrownMr. Britchenor
- Benjamin CampbellBritchenor
- Glenn CunninghamJournalist
- Julia DeakinAlice
- Anne DobellWoman in Guest House
- Dinah HandleyLandlady
- William IlkleyFrank
- Pauline JeffersonMrs. Parkin, Teacher
- Eileen O'BrienMrs. Walker
- Margaret PardoeCleaning Woman
- Alan PartingtonMr. Pugh, Teacher
- Eric PottsMr. Hathershaw
- Michael RookledgeMan on Beach
- Paul ShaneMayor
- Michael WardleMan in Guest House
- Lori WellsMrs. Britchenor
- Frank WindsorMr. Walker