Catherine Cookson's The Man Who Cried

Abel Mason (Ciaran Hinds) is planning to run away with another women (also married), taking his son Dick with him. However, his wife Lena (Angela Walsh) finds out about these plans and sends a letter to the other woman's husband, who shots her and then himself.

Years pass. World War II is in the air, as the Battle of Britain starts. Abel has managed Maxwell Motors to a regional success. Dick is engaged to his childhood sweetheart. Florrie is pregnant with Abel's child. Hilda knows about her husband's affair and resents both of them for her disappointments. During this, Lena discovers Abel's other life. She has him arrested for desertion and bigamy