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Episode 1: The Rain Has Stopped by Karen Brown

When Liz's husband died, years of looking forward to retirement were suddenly gone. Then Liz meets Damar, a retired Nepalese soldier, and falls in love.

Liz doesn't understand why her family aren't happy for her. Damar doesn't understand why he can't work in the country that he's fought for. All they want is to hold on to the bit of sunshine that they've found.

Sheila Hancock

Liz is used to being at the beck and call of her family; she regularly babysits for her daughter, and her son seems to think she is his personal cash machine. She doesn't realise how unhappy she is until she meets Damar on holiday and falls in love. When he proposes she says yes, but isn't prepared for the reaction from her family when she returns with her new love.

Shelia Hancock is one of the country's best known actresses. She has appeared in numerous roles in television, film and the theatre.

Television appearances include Bleak House, Bedtime, and Forty Something. Her stage roles include The Cherry Orchard, The Duchess Of Malfi and The Critic, all at the National Theatre. She is also about to open in the new musical version of The Sister Act.

Bhasker Patel

Damar returns home with Liz, but quickly falls out with her family as he feels that they are taking advantage of her. He wants things to change but her children are happy with the way things are, and aren't going to give in easily.

Bhasker Patel has made a wide range of television appearances including Doctor Who, Law And Order UK, Holby Blue and Trial And Retribution, and has a prolific stage and film career including Wim Wenders "8" Person to Person.

Episode 2: Bully by Marc Pye

A father attempts to toughen up his son but in doing so finds he unleashes a chain of events that look impossible to stop. Can he ever go back or have his actions caused him to lose the very person he loves the most? Family life may never be the same...

Lee Boardman

Ken is a husband and father who wants the best for his family. He works hard at the local factory and does well at his job. Ken is disappointed that his son Andrew isn't more like him and encourages him to be tougher, but he doesn't realise that his actions may very well destroy his family.

Lee Boardman has had a varied career in television, appearing in ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One's Dalziel And Pascoe, the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳/HBO epic Rome, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Three's Drop Dead Gorgeous, and most recently in Krod Mandon and Blue Murder.

Mark Womack

Les is Ken's work colleague. Ken and Les are good friends but their relationship becomes strained after they take a family holiday together. When Les sees Andrew badly hurt his son Ryan he becomes angry and threatens him, but when Andrew suddenly goes missing everyone begins to suspect that Les is involved.

Mark Womack has had a variety of stage and TV roles including Sorted, Liverpool 1, Clocking Off, Strictly Confidential, Murphy's Law, Buried and New Street Law.

Episode 3: Drowning Not Waving by Sarah Deane

Faced with ever-spiralling debts, Ellie Morgan's only hope of avoiding bankruptcy is to sell the home she loves. But no-one's buying – except John Mulligan, an old flame from school. A bad boy done well, he's Ellie's knight in shining armour. He offers the perfect solution, or so Ellie thinks, until her best friend Maria suggests that not everything about John Mulligan is as great as it seems...

Christine Tremarco

Ellie has got herself into serious debt; she has credit cards, loans, store cards and even owes her mother money. When she puts her home up for sale she is so relieved when John makes her an offer, but she soon realises that if she goes through with the deal she would be selling her morals as well.

Christine is well known for her roles in Waterloo Road and Clocking Off as well as New Tricks and the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ mini-series Five Days. Her film career includes Priest and Anita And Me.

Richard Armitage

John Mulligan was always written off at school as the boy who wouldn't amount to anything. But John has really shown them all with his portfolio of houses, his flash car and designer clothes – but has the bad boy really turned his life around?

Richard is currently on screen in his role as Sir Guy of Gisborne in the popular ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One drama Robin Hood and is also filming the new series of Spooks. Other TV roles include ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s The Vicar Of Dibley, North And South and Marie Lloyd.

Episode 4: Dress To Impress by Arthur Ellison

The touch paper is lit when a 17 year old boy's secret love of dressing in women's clothes is discovered and a turn of events ignites a ticking time bomb that threatens to destroy his parent's marriage and his family forever.

Ian Hart

It's Jake's birthday. When he discovers that his wife has bought a sexy outfit he thinks she's planning a night of passion. His suspicions are aroused when she denies having bought any clothes and starts acting strangely. Jake becomes convinced she's having an affair, and he decides it's time to do something about it.

Ian has appeared in numerous feature films including Harry Potter, Breakfast On Pluto, Backbeat, Enemy Of The State and The Butcher Boy.

Dervla Kerwin

Becky is tired of people criticising her marriage. Her friends just can't understand why she's with Jake, and they can't seem to accept that they love each other. But after yet another pointless row she's beginning to see what everyone else sees – maybe it is time that she begins to live for herself…

Dervla has made an array of stage and TV appearances, and most recently starred in Law And Order UK, and the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s Christmas episode of Doctor Who. Other television appearances include ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s True Dare Kiss, Hearts And Bones and Ballykissangel.

Episode 5: Butterfly Effect by Esther Wilson

When Sylvie Jackson is asked to cover for a colleague at work, she makes a decision that ends in a terrifying situation. The incident kicks off a train of events that lead her into unfamiliar territory. With her back against the wall and all sides seeming to close in, it's up to Sylvie to find the courage to take control and get her life back on track.

Lesley Sharp

Sylvie lives for her job at the homeless centre and is always the first in and the last to leave at night. When a strange man arrives at the reception she refuses to let him in, and he becomes aggressive and abusive. Liz freezes and her colleague Kellie steps in and takes over. She is left terrified and badly shaken and when everyone begins to doubt her side of the story, she starts doubting herself.

Lesley has recently appeared as Mrs Van Damm in ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One's acclaimed The Diary Of Anne Frank, and is well-known from ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ series such as Clocking Off and Carrie's War. She has most recently been seen in an episode of Doctor Who and has appeared in ITV's Afterlife and The Survivors.

Joanne Froggatt

Receptionist Kellie Turner is heavily pregnant, but when she sees that Sylvie is in a terrifying situation she helps without giving it a second thought. As accusations are made and things spiral out of control Kellie soon realises that she's put both herself and her baby at risk.

Joanne can currently be seen starring as Kate in series three of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One's Robin Hood, and featured in ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Three's Spooks: Code 9 and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One's Life On Mars. She has also starred in ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One's The Street and Granada Television's Murder In The Outback.