根据Philippa Gregory畅销小说改编，讲述英国著名的“玫瑰战争”期间，三个卷入冲突之中的女人的故事。剧集将从1464年开始，约克家族和兰开斯特家族为争夺王位已经开战九年。伊丽莎白·伍德维尔、玛格丽特·博福特和安妮·内维尔是三位女性主角。她们卷入了这场权力的争夺，并将在幕后操纵历史的轨迹。

Single-mother Sandra (Clare Dunne) escapes her abusive partner with her two young children, only to find herself trapped in temporary accommodation. After months of struggling, she draws inspiration from one of her daughter’s bedtime stories and hits upon the idea of self-building an affordable home. She finds an architect who provides her with plans and is offered land by Peggy (Harriet Walter), a woman she cleans for. Aido (Conleth Hill), a building contractor, appears willing to help too. But as her past rears its head, in the form of Gary (Ian Lloyd Anderson), her possessive ex, and as bureaucrats fight back against her independent spirit, will Sandra be able to rebuild her life from the ground up?

《理查所为》是一部关于问题少年的影片，被称为爱尔兰版本的《我们需要谈谈凯文》。主人公理查(杰克·莱诺)刚刚从中学毕业，即将升入大学。他来自富有的家庭，帅气的外表、出色的运动能力让他成为学校橄榄球队的风云人物。在这个慵懒的夏日，连绵不断的沙滩party、漫不经心的一夜情，对于理查德来说，一切都是那么容易。然而当他交上了新女朋友了拉娜(罗伊辛·墨菲)之后，形势突然起了改变。拉娜遇见了自己的前男友康纳(萨姆·凯雷)，两个人除了叙旧之外就没有发生其他事情，但却让里理查醋意大发。在酒精的作用下，理查将康纳殴打致死，然而警方并不知道凶手是谁，除非理查供出自己。他周围的朋友们也都不愿意道出实情的真相，这件偶然发生的暴力事件搅乱了原本平静的世界。

The merging of two schools causes plenty of problems for headmistress Mandy who has to deal with explosive fall-outs and problem pupils.