A widowed teacher marries again, but her hopes of her daughter accepting a stepfather her own age, and her anticipation of a birthday picnic by the river are clouded by a series of murders in the district and by a fear rooted rather nearer home.
Billie Whitelaw
Margie
Iain Glen
Ray
Brenda Fricker
Ray's Mother
Sarah-Jane Holm
Della
Cassie Stuart
Ruth
Phil Smeeton
Mick
Jimmy Yuill
Man at Dyke
Julie McDonald
Prostitute
Ross Kemp
Police Officer
Trevor Peake
Robert Peters
Reporter
Joan Spall
Registrar
American Son
Cheaters
Heaven
The Christmas Shoes
TalhotBlond
Starving in Suburbia
Sound of Christmas
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life
Return to Zero
A Sister's Secret