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Summary

Charlotte (Elizabeth Carling) is the lead singer with a rock group, "True North".

She decides to leave the band and return home to a small town on the border between Lancashire and Cheshire, where she buys a cafe for her long-time boyfriend David (Sean Gallagher). Then David makes the mistake of making his older brother Kidder (Anthony Strachan) head chef at the cafe.

Ronnie (Georgia McKenzie) was making a good living as "Charlotte" in a "tribute band" until the real Charlotte left "True North". She pays a visit to the Border Cafe, planning revenge, but ends up being offered a job.

Although the programme is set on the Lancashire-Cheshire border, the location filming was actually done in Wales.

Cast List

  Elizabeth Carling as Charlotte
  Sean Gallagher as David
  Antony Strachan as Kidder
  Georgia McKenzie as Ronnie
  Michael Elwyn as Doug Roscoe
  Michael Attwell as Edwardian Clive
  Nia Roberts as Naomi
  Catrin Powell as Beth
  Richard Mylan as Beejay
  Dean Lennox-Kelly as Danesy
  Tom Goodman-Hill as Max
  Mark Bazeley as Chris Caine

Production Details

Written by:
Tim Firth

Directed by:
Richard Laxton, Matt Lipsey

Executive Producer(s):
Beryl Vertue

1 series, 8 episodes

Transmitted: 2000

BBC Television

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