S01E01 Clock-in
Just before dawn the bell wakes the young apprentices for another 12-hour shift at Quarry Bank Mill. Charlie Crout forces Miriam to leave the factory floor and his absence leads to an accident.
The Mill
S01E02: Order in Court
Esther Price arrives at court after assaulting her overseer, Charlie Crout. On the assumption that she will be found guilty, Mr Timperley is sent to the workhouse to collect a replacement apprentice.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Order in Court
Esther Price arrives at court after assaulting her overseer, Charlie Crout. On the assumption that she will be found guilty, Mr Timperley is sent to the workhouse to collect a replacement apprentice.
S01E03 On the Run
Esther and Lucy head for Liverpool, chased by Timperley, but discover that Lucy's sister Catherine never returned to the workhouse.
S01E04 Bide Our Time
Lucy and Esther are convinced that Mr Timperley is responsible for Catherine's disappearance. They're determined to expose him but are blocked at every turn.
Cast
Kerrie Hayes
Esther
Matthew McNulty
Daniel Bate
Holly Lucas
Susannah Catterall
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù
Peter
Katherine Rose Morley
Lucy
Ciarán Griffiths
Matthew Boon
Mark Frost
John Howlett
Sacha Parkinson
Miriam Catterall
Laura Main
Rebecca Howlett
Barbara Marten
Hannah Greg
Aidan McArdle
John Doherty
Neil Broome
Mill Worker
