First Aired
Jul 28, 2013
Seasons
2
Episodes
10
Episode Runtime
60 min
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.
22 cast members
4 Episodes • 2013
The first series introduces the life of the apprentices and the daily routines they faced at Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire.
6 Episodes • 2014
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.