Jennifer Hennessy

In the long aftermath of the First World War, 30-year-old Sarah Burton leaves London and comes home to take up the headmistress-ship of a struggling Yorkshire high school for girls. But the homecoming is complicated and before long her ambitions are in conflict with her feelings for the man least likely to have won her heart - Robert Carne, the handsome, haunted gentleman farmer she clashes with.

Coming of age in impoverished Liverpool just after World War I, the three Moss sisters learn to rely on one another as they make their way in a harsh, sometimes brutal world on the brink of change. Filmed for BBC One, this original drama is full of period detail and a wonderfully modern wit.

In the long aftermath of the First World War, 30-year-old Sarah Burton leaves London and comes home to take up the headmistress-ship of a struggling Yorkshire high school for girls. But the homecoming is complicated and before long her ambitions are in conflict with her feelings for the man least likely to have won her heart - Robert Carne, the handsome, haunted gentleman farmer she clashes with.

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