After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his two sons.

• The Television Production Company
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• Naomi Watts
• Derek Jacobi
• Iain Glen
• Jack Davenport
• Jonathan Aris
• Aisling O'Sullivan
• Elaine Collins
• Ellie Haddington