Suranne Jones
as Ruth Slater
Director: David Evans
Writers: Sally Wainwright
Upon release from jail, a woman who was found guilty of murdering two police officers when she was a teenager who is determined to see her sister who was adopted.
Suranne Jones
as Ruth Slater
Peter Davison
as John Ingram
Douglas Hodge
as Michael Belcombe
Jemma Redgrave
as Rachel Belcombe
Will Mellor
as Brad
Siobhan Finneran
as Izzie Ingram
Matthew McNulty
as Steve Whelan
Emily Beecham
as Lucy Belcombe
Flora Spencer-Longhurst
as Emily Belcombe
Faye McKeever
as Hannah Whelan
Jack Deam
as Kieran Whelan
George Costigan
as Eddie Ackroyd
Daryl Fishwick
as Carol Crossland
Rebekah Staton
as Tracey Broadbent
Tony Pitts
as Adam Boothroyd
Liz Hume Dawson
as Lindsay Metcalfe
John Axon
as Tony Wolfenden
Bill Rodgers
as Alan
Jason Furnival
as Colin Whelan
Claire Benedict
as Therapist
June Broughton
as Izzie's Mum
When Ruth is freed from prison she returns to the house where she was brought up with her sister and becomes friends with the house's new owners, John and Izzie. John tries to help find Ruth's sister for her. Michael and Rachel's daughter is hurt in a car crash.
After Lucy recovers from being in the coma her parents decide to meet Ruth. Steve decides the best way to get even with Ruth. Ruth decides to be honest with Brad about her past. Emily discovers the truth about Ruth and comes to a big decision.
Sally Wainwright's gripping, touching thriller ends as we find out what really happened all those years ago in that grey farmhouse on the moors, when two police officers were murdered. Suranne Jones continues to be pitch-perfect as Ruth Slater - released from prison on licence after 15 years - who is searching for self-assurance and a place in a life that's never really been her own. Just watch her fearful, tentative mask crack when she finally hears news of her beloved sister Katie, who was adopted, renamed Lucy and is now studying music at university. Ruth, often baffled by the modern world, is painfully in need of friendship, which finally comes from an unlikely quarter when the son of one of her victims attempts to extract a dreadful revenge. This is popular drama at its best. More, please.