A working class family in 1890s Yorkshire move from a grimy fish dock to a vast country estate. | dHNfd0ZmYW85NnZ5eDg
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00:00For you, milady.
00:04Who needs diamonds, eh?
00:06Mind?
00:08Are we going to keep a roof over our heads?
00:10We'll find us work.
00:12What if we went into something for ourselves?
00:14All we know is herring.
00:16Exactly.
00:17This is just the start.
00:19As things stand, you're worth 249,146 pounds.
00:24And 60 bloody shillings!
00:28This is our home now.
00:29Welcome to Hardacre Hall.
00:31It'd be lovely to get to know one another.
00:33Your accent, I can't quite place it.
00:35It's Yorkshire, love. You live in it.
00:37I'll take one of everything.
00:39A gentleman usually serves himself, sir.
00:42I'll have some more tea and toast.
00:44And another one of them kippers.
00:46What sort of thing does a gentleman do this day?
00:49It's mainly reading newspapers and talking nonsense with other gentlemen.
00:52Sam, you've got to give her a proper chance, love.
00:57I don't understand.
00:59What's attractive about looking ill?
01:01She can put on as many fancy dresses as she likes.
01:04Doesn't change the fact that underneath it all, she's a common fishwife.
01:07All my life, I've been treated like a door.
01:10I never want anybody to be able to do the same to our children.
01:16Who on earth do you think you are?
01:18We're the Hardacres. Are you?
01:21You can call me Mum.
01:23The Hardacres, The Sweeping Family Saga
01:26starts Monday 7th October on Channel 5 and Nive 5.