In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. <br /><br />Bob Peck - Percival Miller<br />Janet McTeer - Riah Millican<br />Geraldine Somerville - Biddy Millican<br />Brendan P. Healy - Tol Briston<br />Jean Anderson - Madame Gullmington<br />Christopher Benjamin - Anthony Gullmington<br />Wendy Williams - Grace Gullmington<br />David Hunt - Laurence Gullmington<br />Aran Bell - Stephen Gullmington<br />Jonathan Firth - Paul Gullmington<br />Louise Lombard - Lucy Gullmington<br />Madeleine Moffat - Jessie Hobson<br />Val McLane - Annie Briston<br />James Garbutt - Doctor Pritchard<br />Donald Bisset - Mr. Morgan<br />Lizzie McKenzie - Fanny Briggs<br />Margo Stanley - Mrs. Fulton<br />Caspar Berry - Older Davey Millican<br />David Oliver - Younger Davey Millican<br />Hywel Berry - Older Johnny Millican<br />Bradley Malcolm - Younger Johnny Millican<br />Kelly Anne Greenhalgh - Younger Biddy Millican<br />Joe Ging - Parson Weeks<br />Judith Parker - Jean Bitton<br />Jean Southern - Mrs. Fitzsimmons<br />Jon Croft - Thomas Froggett<br />Harry Herring - Yarrow<br />Alan Hockey - Lodgekeeper<br />Suzanne Richardson - Florrie McNulty<br />Jennifer Thorne - Madame Arnaud<br />Ian Cullen - Beckett<br />Dylan Barnes - George Swinburn<br />Roger Low - Mr. Tate
