Lorraine Ashbourne

It's Nana's special day: it isn't every day you get to be 79. She's excited about spending the afternoon with her whole family - even Pat and Jim, who both love a great practical joke. Her Angela has put on a lovely spread, including a huge cake. But as Nana says: "Don't worry about the future: you can't predict it."

Sophie Willan’s candid and heartfelt comedy about a working class woman dreaming big in a small town – and finally putting herself front and centre.Alma’s tumultuous childhood has led to continual chaos. But after a big breakup, Alma is finally getting herself sorted. And she’s not just going to be OK. She’s going to be fabulous! A bitingly funny and unflinching take on issues around class, sexuality, motherhood, abuse and mental health,...

Things between Lin and Joan aren't going well, and the news that Alma will be leaving for a six-month tour looks like it might push Lin over the edge. When the social worker visits, Lin snaps and disappears, leaving Alma to fear the worst - that her mum may have turned back to her old ways. Can Alma save her mum if she gives up on her dream and stays to help her?

When Alma discovers that her care-leaving background can help secure her an audition to join a theatre company for a national tour, she jumps at the chance. However, when social services sends through her records, Alma comes face to face with the stark reality of her childhood growing up in and out of the care system. Could this bombshell lead to Alma missing out on an opportunity she's been waiting her whole life for?

There's some good news for Lin, as the hospital informs her that her section could finally be lifted. However, this is dependent on her either moving into a hostel or in with a family member. As Alma is finally getting her life back on track, and the hostel isn't exactly the right place for a recovering addict, Alma has to convince her grandma to let Lin move in with her. But will this be a step too far for Lin and Joan?

With the suspects in the murder of David Walker all having either a motive, opportunity or connection to the victim, Cassie and Sunny are left with a massive puzzle to solve. Cassie soon focuses in on Sara, whose alibi seems too perfect, as if it has been put together by an accomplice of the exprostitute - and the team is soon investigating the possibility of a wider revenge plan. Meanwhile, interviews with Colin and Marion's loved ones prove revealing....

Marion jeopardises her marriage by refusing to open up about the past to her husband, Colin is blackmailed even further and the secrets of Sara's past push her family to breaking point. A disturbing allegation about David opens up a second line of inquiry, and when Tessa is called in for questioning, again it threatens to ruin her relationships with her husband and son.

Detectives Cassie and Sunny, who find themselves thrown into another historic murder case with the discovery of a body. This time it's the perfectly preserved remains of a middle-aged man found in a suitcase in the silt of a London river. As the detectives begin the complicated task of trying to identify the victim, four unconnected people go about their business - Brighton-based lawyer Colin Osborne, paediatric nurse Marion Kelsey, teacher Sara Mahmoud...

A politically pertinent thriller about a community torn apart by two shocking killings. A complex political past means that the industrial villages around Sherwood Forest have often been divided communities. But when two local residents are killed, old wounds are reopened and the town is engulfed in tension and fear. It's down to police chief Ian and London met police officer Kevin to solve the case. Can they help this fractured community heal? Drawn...

With Nicola Murray and Peter Mannion both on the back foot after the unravelling of the key-worker housing sell-off policy there's inevitably going to be a scramble for the moral high-ground while the smelly floodwater of scandal is lapping round their toes. In fact, several people are calling for some sort of enquiry. Everyone wants to spin the story, and everyone wants their own version of the story out there, by fair means or foul. But as more...