Set in the 1830s, the story of 16-year-old Cissie Brodie after the death of parents and the repossession of the family home. She finds a barren place to live and care for her younger brothers and sisters with the help of Matthew, a local carpenter, but her life becomes complicated when the aristocratic Fischel family take an unwelcome interest.

• Tracy Whitwell
• Lucy Cohu
• Ray Stevenson
• Philip Voss
• James Fox
• Julie Hesmondhalgh
• Mark Gatiss
• Jack Thompson