Set in the shipbuilding and mining district of Tyneside, northern England, former army sergeant Jack Ford and the Seaton family cope with the aftermath of World War I: the lack of jobs, the great depression of the 1920s, trade union activists and an uncaring society. Ford has had his fill of struggle in the trenches and is now determined to make something of himself in this brave new world.
The series has 4 seasons.
Starring James Bolam, Susan Jameson, James Garbutt, Jean Heywood, John Nightingale, Michelle Newell, Edward Wilson, Malcolm Terris, James Bate, Valerie Georgeson, Roger Hammond, Jeffry Wickham, Richard Griffiths, David Hartley, Alec Sabin, Trevor Ainsley, Alan Snell.