Robert Bradley leaves the shipyards to work in his uncle's furniture business but soon finds himself at odds with the old man. So he becomes a servant for the destructive Thormans, and falls for the lady of the house, Sarah. But in 1913 this upstairs/downstairs romance can only lead to disaster.

• Jack Davenport
• Juliet Aubrey
• Justine Waddell
• Rupert Penry-Jones
• David Bradley