Catherine Cookson's the Rag Nymph

Feature-length period melodrama set in Victorian times, charting the relationship between feisty Newcastle rag-woman Aggie Winkowski and 10-year-old orphan Millie Forester. Determined to protect Millie from the seamy world of prostitution, Aggie resolves to take the youngster under her wing. Starring Honeysuckle Weeks, Perdita Weeks, Val McLane, Alec Newman, Crispin Bonham-Carter and Patrick Ryecart.