Sold a small plot of land for a tiny outlay, Cockney widow Chloe Marsh and her two daughters flee the slums of post-war London for a better life in the country. But rural life in 1922 is hard. Chloe and her fellow pioneers have no mains water, no gas, no electricity, and no jobs. Forced to live in tents until they can afford a shack, they carve a community out of the hostile countryside.
Cast
Saskia ReevesChloe Marsh
Rebecca CallardHarriet Marsh
Amanda AbbingtonMaude
Richard LinternTomPeter DineenRory Mulligan
Ger RyanGrainne Mulligan
Barry WardFionn Mulligan
Petra MarkhamGrace Forster
David RyallHarry Crowley
Philip WhitchurchBilly Reed
Jamie GloverRalph Samson
Tim PreeceMr. ClarkeJade WilliamsJoan Marsh
Richard CorderyCharles ForsterEve ShickleBeattie Crowley
