
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.
First Aired: 7/28/2013
Languages: English
Created by: John Fay
Type: Scripted

The first series introduces the life of the apprentices and the daily routines they faced at Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire.

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.

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
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