When Sam's heroic nature costs him and the rest of the family their jobs at the docks, his wife Mary comes up with a risky business venture, hoping to relieve their financial stress. But never did she dream it would free them from their humble existence on the North Yorkshire Coast and catapult them into high society.
A rags-to-riches saga following the lives, loves and fortunes of the working-class Hardacre family as they move from a grimy fish dock to a vast country estate in 1890s Yorkshire.
The Hardacres - Series 1, Episode 1 Synopsis and Schedule