Mother-of-two Alison is married to David and works in a special-needs care centre. But her husband has been made redundant and their marriage is under strain. As a result, Alison has been growing close to colleague Ben – and when the two spend the weekend together when she should be away on a course, it marks the beginning of a chain of events that ends with her in court. source:LocateTv.com
Kenny Armstrong (Marc Warren) is outraged to learn his daughter has been attacked in the park and, accompanied by two of his friends, sets off to find the culprit. However, the trio’s assault on the man they suspect proves more violent than Kenny had intended, and while his cohorts are adamant that informing the police of their actions would be disastrous, his urge to confess grows. source:LocateTv.com
Andy Serkis stars in Jimmy McGovern and Danny Brocklehurst’s legal drama, as a cab driver who becomes smitten with a customer travelling to the airport. In desperate need of money to buy a gift for his daughter, he breaks into the woman’s empty flat to steal her valuables, and is delighted when she contacts him after learning she has been burgled. However, his infatuation deepens, and the uncontrollable impulses spurring him on result in tragedy. source:Tv.com
Teacher Helen Ryland (Juliet Stevenson) is distraught to discover her only son has been killed during his first day of work at a local factory. While her husband Frank (Peter Capaldi) is consumed by grief, she sets out to discover how the accident happened. However, when questioning of a witness and the facility’s owner proves fruitless, and the process of getting someone to accept responsibility drags on, she resorts to desperate measures.source:LocateTv.com
Two friends enlist in the Army and are posted to Afghanistan, where champion amateur boxer Peter struggles with the pressure and fails to return fire during an attack by the Taliban, endangering the lives of his comrades. Having witnessed the event, his lance corporal begins to systematically victimise him, and the bullying reaches extreme levels when the young man’s sidekick Frankie is ordered to humiliate him, setting off a train of events that leads to the law courts. source:LocateTv.com
Christopher Eccleston stars in the first of Jimmy McGovern’s six dramas, each focusing on an ordinary person who finds themselves in the dock. Plumber Willy struggles to remain faithful to his wife and decides to confess his indiscretions, but the announcement of his daughter’s engagement foils his plans. Mounting wedding costs and the discovery he has not been paid for his last job cause him to panic, until he finds something on the back seat of a taxi that could be the answer to his prayers – or the beginning of his downfall.source:LocateTv.com