Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.

Irene Ruddock is not afraid to speak, or rather write, her mind: she writes letters to her MP, the police, the chemis...

Susan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar's wife, distracts herself from her ambitious, and, as she sees him, vainly insensi...

Muriel is a strong woman, and always has been — a pillar of the community, a regular charity worker, and a volunteer ...

Lesley is an aspiring actress, who, after a series of unpromising extra roles on television programmes such as Crossr...

Doris, aged seventy-five, is a tidy woman — and when she suffers a fall after trying to clear up after her considerab...