Housewife, 49

Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary Service office in Barrow-in-Furness during the Second World War. However, her new-found happiness is shattered when her son Cliff leaves to join the troops - provoking a painful confrontation with her husband Will.

• Gavin MillarDirector
• Victoria WoodWriter
• John LunnOriginal Music Composer

• Victoria WoodNella Last
• David ThrelfallWill Last
• Ben CromptonArthur Last
• Christopher HarperCliff Last
• Stephanie ColeMrs Waite
• Marcia WarrenMrs Lord
• Sylvestra Le TouzelMrs Lynch
• Lorraine AshbourneDot
• Jason WatkinsDr Roger Brierley
• Daisy HaggardJill
• Wendy NottinghamMiss Finch
• Dorothy AtkinsonMrs Mac