Jean, a PE teacher, is forced to live a double life. When a new student arrives and threatens to expose her sexuality, Jean is pushed to extreme lengths to keep her job and her integrity.
Haunted by the grief of baby loss, Alice and Joe navigate their path to parenthood. With emotions high, will Alice lose faith in something that means everything?
Charlotte visits South Shields, her seaside hometown, with her teenage daughter Harriet. The trip leads the two into unforgiving realisation about each other, and how as you get older, things don't seem to change as much as you'd think.