8.543 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestAfter a year of nearly bankrupting themselves, the families finally see their private prosecution in court – but will they get justice?
Tragedy strikes the welsh town of Glyngolau when an accident on a construction site kills a group of trespassing children. Grief quickly turns to anger and the families cry for justice. But as the gears of justice slowly turn, challenging truths begin to emerge. It falls to the Council Leader’s wife, Polly, to hold the community together, all the while also caring for a daughter – the only survivor of the collapse. And as those in charge fail to deliver closure for the town, it’s up to her to lead them on the march for justice, no matter what the cost.
Acting
Sarah Lancashire's trembling restraint while the world collapses.
Writing
Jack Thorne makes every character complicit, no heroes allowed.
Creator
Jack Thorne
Sarah Lancashire
Polly Bevan
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Harriet Paulsen
Mark Lewis Jones
Iwan Bevan
Joanna Scanlan
Angela Griffiths
Genevieve Barr
Debbie Kethin
Jade Croot
Leona Bevan
Shaun Parkes
Martin Harris
Nabhaan Rizwan
Tim Das
Adrian Scarborough
Philip Walters
Eiry Thomas
Greta
Ruth Madeley
Laura
Kimberley Nixon
Detective Anne Hendricks
Silas Carson
George Byrne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Written in direct response to the Grenfell Tower fire, exploring how institutional failures become personal tragedies.
Sarah Lancashire and Mark Lewis Jones previously played married couple in 'Happy Valley' — here their chemistry curdles into something far uglier.
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