"Powerful historical drama series, based on the lives of real people, telling the story of young 19th-century apprentices taking their lives into their own hands for the first time."
Kerrie Hayes
as Esther
Matthew McNulty
as Daniel Bate
Holly Lucas
as Susannah Catterall
Sope Dirisu
as Peter
Katherine Rose Morley
as Lucy
Ciarán Griffiths
as Matthew Boon
Mark Frost
as John Howlett
Sacha Parkinson
as Miriam Catterall
Laura Main
as Rebecca Howlett
Barbara Marten
as Hannah Greg
Aidan McArdle
as John Doherty
Neil Broome
as Mill Worker
Connor Dempsey
as Tommy Priestley
Andrew-Lee Potts
as William Gregg
Morgan Watkins
as George Windell
Joshua Isherwood
as Jack
Justin Salinger
as James Windell
Shannon-Metcalfe
as Mary-Ann
Richard Banks
as Mule Worker
David Halliwell
as Firefighter
Hugh Simon
as Dr. Holland
Danny Hynes
as Young Officer
Ian Kershaw
Writer
Debbie Oates
Tony Green
Alice Nutter
Steven Fay
John Fay
James Hawes
Director