Questa serie narra le vite della famiglia Hollis mentre affrontano le sfide e le trasformazioni della Gran Bretagna del dopoguerra. Ogni episodio offre uno sguardo ai loro sogni personali, alle loro lotte e alle aspirazioni di trovare il proprio posto in un mondo che si ricostruisce dalla devastazione bellica. Le narrazioni esplorano temi di ambizione, disparità di classe e la ricerca di realizzazione sia nelle arti che nella vita quotidiana. È un'emozionante esplorazione dei legami familiari e dello spirito umano resiliente di fronte alle avversità.
As an evacuee, Ralph received a good education, but after the war Ralph's working-class father resents his education and his ambition to be an actor, and is furious when Ralph is sacked from the paper mill. The story traces Ralph's struggle to reconcile the disparate strands of his life.
The war is over but Elsie is still fighting her own battles. She's bullied because she's the only scholarship pupil at the grammar school, and she has an awkward relationship with her father as he struggles to assume a normal life after fighting in the war. But when she begins working at the local theatre, Elsie discovers she can escape.
Henry misses his father who died a war hero. One day Mrs Beaumont lends Henry a camera for his school project. Henry is disgusted that he's been put in a group with Jeffries, the son of a man who went AWOL, and Pip, who was born illegitimate; but he's about to learn that tolerance and friendship are more important than social stigmas.