Catherine Cookson's The Cinder Path

First in a three-part drama about one man's journey through love and war in the early part of the last century. Charlie MacFell returns from university to the family farm, where his strict father still rules with a rod of iron : a situation that soon changes thanks to a misunderstanding with a foolish farmhand.

Second of the three-part Catherine Cookson drama about one man's journey through love and war in the early part of the last century. Charlie is conscripted into the Army, where he falls into the clutches of his old enemy Ginger Slater, who is now a sergeant. Lloyd Owen stars, with Catherine Zeta Jones, Tom Bell and Maria Miles.

Charlie is transferred to the Western Front, and distinguishes himself in battle. Returning home with a piece of shrapnel lodged dangerously close to his heart, he declares his love for Nellie : but a tragedy threatens to cut short their happiness.