Anthony Borrows

Dans les années trente, Liam grandit dans le quartier catholique irlandais de Liverpool. A sept ans, il est le petit dernier de la famille. Son frère aîné travaille déjà et participe aux frais de la maison tout comme sa soeur qui fait des ménages. Entre une mère affectueuse et un père responsable, la famille est heureuse malgré le manque d'argent, jusqu'au jour où la crise frappe de plein fouet les dockers.

A powerful one-off drama written by Rosemary Kay , winner of the BBC's Dennis Potter award for new screenwriting. Sadie and Richie MacGregor are thrown into the terrifying world of neo-natal intensive care when their son Luke is born prematurely. Willed on by his desperate parents, he gradually grows in strength - but as Sadie develops a unique bond with her son, her relationship with Richie begins to suffer.

On the Wirral in the grim early years of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, the opportunities for thrill seeking young men looking to escape 9 to 5 drudgery are what they've always been: sex, drugs, rock n' roll, fashion, football and fighting.