As the daughter of a middle-class parson, Margaret Hale has enjoyed a privileged upbringing in rural southern England. But when her father uproots the family, she is forced to adapt to a new life in Milton - a northern mill town in the throes of the industrial revolution.

Margaret is shocked by her new surroundings - the dirt, noise and gruffness of the people of Milton. However, she saves her greatest contempt for the mill-owners. When John Thornton, charismatic proprietor of Marlborough Mills, becomes a 'pupil' of her father, she makes her distaste for this vulgar and uneducated new class abundantly clear.

Over time, Margaret's attitude towards the mill workers begin to change and she joins their workplace struggles against poverty and disease. But will she ever change and she joins their workplace struggles against poverty and disease. But will she ever change her view of their employers - in particular, John Thornton who has secretly become her admirer?

Emily Watson stars as a grieving mother in this emotional drama adaptation. Based on the memoirs of Bristol priest Julie Nicholson (Watson), whose daughter Jenny (Nicola Wren) died in the terrorist attack on London on July 7th 2005, the drama follows the grief-stricken mother as she tries to overcome the heartbreaking loss and piece together the truth about her daughter's final moments.

Feature-length ITV drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Sophie Vavasseur stars as Little Nell Trent, who lives with her grandfather (Derek Jacobi), owner of the Old Curiosity Shop. Owing to his secret gambling habit, grandfather regularly borrows money from villainous local businessman and loan shark Daniel Quilp (Toby Jones) - who has set his sights not only on the Curiosity Shop but also on the pretty 14-year-old Nell, despite the fact that he is already married.