Set in a Yorkshire milltown in 1957, Ellen Hardy is unhappily married but is close to her ten-year-old son, Victor. The family has recently moved house and Victor has started at a new school where Ellen has become friendly with his teacher, Kathy Thompson, who is keen to encourage him at art. As the friendship between the two women grows, Ellen's millworker husband, Hardy, feels increasingly alienated at home.
Barbara Marten
as Ellen Hardy
Andrina Carroll
as Kathy
Andrew Dunn
as Geoff Hardy
Bruce Alexander
as Mr. Butterworth, Headmaster
Tony Barton
as Tom
Ben Campbell
as Britchenor
Duggie Brown
as Mr Britchenor
Julia Deakin
as Alice
William Ilkley
as Frank
Pauline Jefferson
as Mrs. Parkin, Teacher