Ben Crompton

A historical drama following Nella, a downtrodden housewife who blossoms after joining the Women's Voluntary Service at the outbreak of World War II.

Man Stroke Woman Series 2 broadens its target to embrace environments outside the domestic, from the formal settings of headmasters' studies and crown court rooms to the high-pressure world of restaurant chefs and cabaret club performers.

A lavish period drama based on Thomas Hardy's classic tale of a man who sells his wife and child at a market and begins a new life of wealth and respect as the Mayor of Casterbridge. However, his past returns to haunt him when he is reunited with his family, with unexpected consequences.

Persuading the authorities she's now an animal lover, Cruella de Vil assists an animal shelter. But when the manager steals dalmatians she becomes under suspicion and her alliance with a French fashion designer known for using animal fur doesn't hep her case either in this heartfelt slapstick comedy.