Lindsay Duncan

Natalie and David are brother and sister who have always been close, even though they have both been adopted. They have always insisted that this didn't matter, but when Natalie feels the urge to trace her roots, she insists that David do the same. She eventually discovers that answers can sometimes be harder to live with than questions.

Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness, and now, her marriage of thirty years is in crisis.

At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: for religious reasons, a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy, Adam, is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life, and his devout parents share his wishes. Time is running out. Should the secular court overrule sincerely held faith? In the course of reaching a decision Fiona visits Adam in hospital - an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. Her judgment has momentous consequences for them both.

Paula Hook and her husband have a dramatic announcement to make to their sixteen year old twins which will change their lives for ever. They have been putting this off for years deciding to wait until theie sixteenth birthday.