Dir: Christopher Menaul

Writer: Alan Plater (book: Stevie Davis)

Stars: Brenda Bleythn, Kevin Whately & Rosemary Harris

Middle-aged Jess Copplestone is left to look after the elderly relatives of her husband Jacob and to make a new life for herself, after he leaves her for a younger woman.

Dir: Graham Theakston

Writer: Christopher Monger. (Coral Atkins – novel)

Star: Sarah Lancashire

Coral Atkins, an actress in a long running TV series, witnesses the neglect of a young girl in a care home. When she challenges the matron, she’s informed that, as professionals, they cannot show emotion or get too close to those they look after. Coral determines to start her own home for “difficult children” where there will be real care and love.

Dir: Graham Theakston

Writer: Paula Milne.

Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Trevor Eve & Minnie Driver

A woman’s life is turned upside down when it is revealed that her husband, a member of the British Parliament, has been having an affair with a former prostitute.