Two young actors, strangers thrown together in a casting, spend a fleeting summer rehearsing and learning to fall in love on stage.
In the West Yorkshire suburbs, John is confronted by his alcoholic father. At a punk gig in Leeds, the energy empowers him but encourages his father's anger to resurface.
Douglas, a broken, solitary, Spitfire Ace, must overcome his past to lead a Lancaster bomber crew in the pivotal aerial war over Berlin, in 1944.
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.