

12/01/1997
On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her troubled family. She finds the strength to break class barriers and help her sister Jessie marry a good boy from a family of dockside toughs. Is she strong enough to break them again when Charles Farrier, a gentleman, courts her over his parents' opposition? Agnes faces an added dilemma when she finds her heart divided between Charles and his soldier brother Reginald.

Claire Skinner
as Agnes Conway

Edward Atterton
as Charles Farrier

Anne Reid
as Alice Conway

Julian Wadham
as Reginald Farrier

Elspet Gray
as Grace Farrier

Michelle Charles
as Jessie Conway

Helen Morland
as Nan Henderson

Daniel Casey
as Robbie Felton

Anne Orwin
as Ma Felton

Dinsdale Landen
as Colonel Hugh Farrier
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