Four characters living in one neighbourhood in London - all living dramatically different lives, all of them on the edge - see their stories unfold.
Acting
Carlyle's coiled-spring rage vs. Firth's crumbling decency.
Direction
Savage's improvised naturalism makes privilege and poverty collide.
Writing
Four lives, one postcode, zero easy answers.
Director
Dominic Savage
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dominic Savage pioneered improvised dialogue for British TV; much of this was developed through workshops with the cast, not traditional scripting.
Made for BBC during New Labour's final years, it now reads as a grim prophecy of austerity-era Britain and the housing crisis to come.
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