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Set in the 1830s, the film tells the story of 16-year-old Cissie Brodie after the death of her parents and the repossession of the family home. She finds a barren place to live and care for her younger brothers and sisters with the help of local carpenter Matthew, but her life becomes complicated when the aristocratic Fischel family takes an unwelcome interest.
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Episode 1
52 mins
To stay together, Cissie moves her siblings into a cave. A bare stone shelter is all that protects Cissie Brodie and her brothers and sisters from the workhouse after their parents die in a cholera epidemic. Local carpenter Matthew is torn between Cissie and Rose. Cissie has a run-in with Clive and Isabelle, the adult children of a wealthy land owner.






