A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.

A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.

Members of a family live frantic lives of Olympian proportion.

The life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family.

A shop assistant, her cook husband, and their twin daughters ponder their lives over a few weeks in a working-class suburb north of London.

The 23rd Earl of Leete shares brief moments of his life, the truth behind his family estate and his particular glorious moment when he murdered his wife and his brother.

An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.

2 young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.

Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.

In a poor working class London home, Penny's love for her partner, taxi driver Phil, has run dry. When an unexpected tragedy occurs, they and their local community are brought back together.

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.