Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
6 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Headstrong and proud, Sophia struggles against the wishes of her family while her sister Constance - quiet, but no less passionate - accepts a future in the family draper's shop. Then, when the Wakes Week festivities are at their height, Sophia's impetuous and romantic nature leads to tragedy.
E02
Episode 2
Five years have passed since John Baines died. Sophia's guilt and Constance's dutiful nature have kept both sisters at work in the family draper's shop, but Mrs Baines finds her grip on the girls threatened when both make up their minds to marry.
E03
Episode 3
The sisters have escaped from their mother's domination, but find that marriage has its drawbacks. Constance adjusts to new life in her old home, while in Paris, Sophia is horrified by her husband's extravagance and selfishness.
E04
Episode 4
While the Franco-Prussian War rages and Paris itself is besieged, Sophia is forced to fend for herself. The values of her upbringing in Bursley come to Sophia's aid as she begins a new way of life.
E05
Episode 5
Constance misses her sister more than ever. Family life at first brings contentment, but then Constance's happiness is shattered by crimes in which her son Cyril and husband Samuel are involved.
E06
Episode 6
After more than 30 years apart, a chance meeting brings Sophia and Constance face to face. Now in their 60s, the two sisters find it as hard as ever to agree, and their battle of wills resumes behind the draper's shop.
Cast
Lynsey Beauchamp
as Constance
Katy Behean
as Sophia
Alfred Burke
as Mr. Critchlow
Freda Dowie
as Maria Insull
Leonard Preston
as Gerald Scales
Nigel Bradshaw
as Samual Povey
Penny Leatherbarrow
as Maggie
Patricia Routledge
as Mrs. Baines
