Karen Henthorn

On the night of a massive storm, trying to get home, DCI Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) comes across an abandoned car with a baby inside. With no mobile signal and blocked roads at every turn, Vera is forced to seek refuge somewhere she’d rather not be, Brockburn House, the Stanhope’s ancestral pile. Vera doesn’t exactly receive a warm welcome from her estranged family as there’s a function in full swing and her turning up with a baby isn’t a great look. Things start to look even worse and take a far sinister turn when a body is found on the…

Struggling single mother Orla finds herself in a desperate situation after being sent to Carlingford prison. There, she meets Kelsey, a young heroin addict, and Abi, a tough lifer.

A teacher is accused of having slept with a student, but she can’t remember anything about it as she was drunk at the time.

With the sexual assault accusation now public, the media rip into Jenna’s personal life — leading her to spiral deeper into self-abuse.