Seasons & Episodes
Last of a Schoolboy
July 1872. It is Edwin Clayhanger's last day at school. Everyone expects that he will enter his father's printing busine
The Architect
Edwin becomes a hero - he wins his fathers admiration, but is no nearer to the realisation of his own ambitions to becom
HIlda
Edwin has written to his father reminding him that he wants to train as an architect. Darius is curious, while Edwin rea
The Five Towns Chronicle and Turnhill Guardian
While Edwin continues to work as an assistant at his father's printing works, eyebrows are raised when Hilda Lessways be
Sin and Romance
Hilda receives a telegram from London informing her that her mother is ill. Instead of leaving at once, she continues to
Escape to Bleakridge
Hilda's feeling of responsibility for her mother's death has led her to a nervous breakdown. While still recovering in M
Centenary
Edwin spends an evening with the Orgreaves. He takes an instant dislike to Hilda, but when he leaves to take another loo
Taking a Share
After their day together at the Sunday School Centenary celebrations, Hilda and Edwin have become fascinated with each o
Brighton
Miss Gailey tells Hilda that Cannon has taken a boarding house in Brighton, and expects them all to go and live there.
Marriage
Hilda has accepted George's proposal, but she's nervous of breaking the news to Miss Gailey, who is now a semi-permanent
Love
Hilda's secret marriage to George has ended disastrously with the discovery that it was bigamous. Deserted by him, she r
Punishment
Hilda and Edwin declare their love for each other. But when she's forced to return to Brighton, Hilda has still not foun
Laid Aside
Edwin knows nothing of the role that Mr Shushions played in Darius's life, and is puzzled when Darius returns from his f
The Glorious Jubilee
Edwin has been told that his father had no more than two years to live. More than one of those years has now passed - an
The Chain Is Broken
Close to death, Darius lets it be known that Edwin will inherit the whole of his business. As one chapter closes in Edwi
The Adventure
Hilda's son arrives to stay with the Orgreaves. Janet tells Edwin that Hilda is now a widow.... and all his old feelings
Epidemic
Edwin visits Hilda in Brighton, where he learns that her husband is, in fact, still alive.
The Exquisite Burden
Hilda has told Edwin that she was never married to Cannon. Ignoring the hostility of Five Towns 'society', Edwin asks he
Possessions
Edwin and Hilda have finally given a formal 'At Home' to celebrate their marriage - and Bursley seems to have accepted t
A Musical Evening
Hilda and Edwin have quarrelled about Edwin's plans to build a new printing works - he has not yet told her that he alre
The Orgreave Calamity
Hilda is continuing to oppose Edwin's plans to extend the printing business.
Dartmoor
Hilda once again sees the man she thought she loved, but they cannot speak. George Cannon is a prisoner in Dartmoor.
Prisoners
After their brief glimpse of George Cannon in Dartmoor prison, Edwin and Hilda return to the Five Towns. Not long after,
Fall from Glory
Edwin is furious when Hilda insists on taking her son to London to visit an eye specialist. All the Clayhanger servants
Death and Dreams
Hilda remains in London while Edwin stays on with a seriously ill Auntie Hamps. To add to Edwin's gloom, Ingpen has had
The Discovery
Hilda is determined that she and Edwin should live in the country. And unbeknown to Edwin, she has already decided on th
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