Based on the extensive historical archive of Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire and portraying the lives of real people, this powerful scripted drama series depicts Britain at a time when the industrial revolution is changing the country beyond recognition. In the 1830s, children as young as nine work twelve-hour shifts in the mills, and the new class of mill-owning families prosper. But the so-called 'white slaves of England' are about to take their lives...

Alexandra and Jeremy want to be together forever. On their wedding day, though, chaos rules and they struggle with friends, old flames and secrets to make it to the church on time and intact. Best man Peter is lovable but laid back, cousin Sarah has her own troubles and the maid of honor Julie may no longer believe in marriage.