Plot
Powerful historical drama series, based on the lives of real people, telling the story of young 19th-century apprentices taking their lives into their own hands for the first time.
Cast
Kerrie Hayes
as Esther
Matthew McNulty
as Daniel Bate
Holly Lucas
as Susannah Catterall
Sope Dirisu
as Peter
Katherine Rose Morley
as Lucy
Ciarán Griffiths
as Matthew Boon
Mark Frost
as John Howlett
Sacha Parkinson
as Miriam Catterall
Laura Main
as Rebecca Howlett
Barbara Marten
as Hannah Greg
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
July 28, 2013
Last Aired Date
August 24, 2014
Production Companies
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
2
Number of Episodes
10
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Series 2
2014|6 Episodes
The second series focusses on the lives of the Quarry Bank mill workers between 1838 and 1842, a period of turbulent social, political and industrial change.
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