On Ben Keane's wedding day, Ben and his family are stunned when Ben's father, who they thought was dead, turns up at the church.

A middle-aged marriage registrar is forced to re-evaluate her thoughts on life, love and happy-ever-afters when she discovers her husband is having an affair.

A young man on a zero-hours contract realises that he must make a choice about the job controlling his life, a decision that will make or break his career.

John has always hated confrontation. When a scratch appears down the side of his car, it leads to firings and fights, concrete mixers and a Mexican stand-off.

Affluent Gary and Michelle are forced to downsize when their business goes bust, but Michelle struggles to settle and is reluctant to make friends with new neighbour Tina.

A happily married mother of two is forced to revisit her tragic childhood when a face from the past threatens to disrupt her content and ordered world.

Ronnie teaches neighbour Helen to drive, and begins to suspect that she is being abused by her partner, despite Helen's vehement pleas to mind his own business.

A working mother of two sons realises that her youngest child is growing up and moving away from her, so acts to keep him from leaving.

Moira and husband Ken are struggling, until a customer hands Moira a lottery ticket without realising it is a winner.

When married couple Lisa and Gary split up, they become flatmates from hell.

Angela cares for her alcoholic dad Mick. When an accident leads to Mick needing to live with her, she has to confront her father's problems and her own.

When a picture of Hayley's 16-year-old daughter is uploaded onto a website and goes viral, Hayley doesn't know what to do.

An adopted teen learns on his eighteenth birthday that he is to be deported. Desperate to stay in the UK, he goes on the run.

A blind woman’s sight is restored through an operation, but she soon questions her decision when the visual world presents more problems than the one she’s left behind.

Working at the same taxi rank, Frank is left with the prospect of having to tell Linda, the woman he loves, something that will break her heart.

Fun-loving 60-something Madge has a loving relationship with former magistrate Eric, but she is also hiding a very big secret.

A young woman with learning difficulties makes an unlikely bond with an elderly lady, who is determined to help the troubled youth. After a bad experience at the sheltered housing where she lives, the girl contacts her new friend, who insists on taking her home to her mother - but things take a turn for the worse.

Two firm friends fall out when one of them wins a life-changing amount of money at their local bingo hall. Should they share, as usual, or is it winner takes all?

Teenager Jack is egged on by his mates to break into pensioner Eddie's house. The lights go on and Jack's trapped - and his mates have gone. Jack just wants to escape, but Eddie won't let him - and it turns out Eddie's an ex-boxer. Jack takes a swing at him - and suddenly everything goes black. As Jack comes round, Eddie asks him where he lives, telling him he needs to talk to his parents - or the police..

Tina's husband Moose was sent down when their daughter Jess was only six months old. Carrying the can for someone else's crime, Moose was sentenced to eight years, went off the rails and left Tina and Jess to manage on their own. Some time later Tina got together with security guard Adam - he's kind, reliable and the only dad Jess has ever known.

Hapless plumber Billy has always struggled with gambling - he claims it's under control, but with bills and repossession notices piling up, his wife Michelle is close to breaking point. Billy has had to sell his van to pay off debts, and is getting by on small plumbing jobs. Even then Billy can't help himself - he gambles the money a customer gave him for parts, and ends up having to steal a pair of taps from the betting shop toilets to complete the job. Even his mate Dave won't lend him any money - he's on the ropes. Whilst pricing up a job one day, Billy stumbles across what looks like a small bag of diamonds hidden in the loft. Billy has no idea whether they're real or not, but as house owner June isn't aware of the stash, Billy takes one to show the more worldly-wise Dave. They're both gob-smacked when the gems turn out to be real. Billy isn't sure he wants to get involved, but there are bills to be paid and Dave eggs him on. Billy takes a few of the gemstones and splits the money with Dave. For a while he's flush - but instead of paying off his debts immediately, Billy tries to make his windfall larger at the betting shop, and it's not long before he is back at square one. The final demands are getting more insistent, and Billy has no other option but to go back to June's for more diamonds. When he fritters that money away as well, Billy gets desperate and takes Michelle's house-keeping money to try and win money from his friends at cards. At his lowest ebb, Billy returns to June's - only to discover that he's in even more trouble than he thought... With Dave on the next flight to Spain, and Michelle packing her bags, Billy is at his wit's end when there's a knock at the door. When will Billy face up to his addiction?

When Kirsty O'Connell finds drugs in her house she's appalled but determined to get her teenage son the help he needs. But is he the addict in the family?

Carl is a cleaner at the local university. When he masquerades as a lecturer, he discovers a newfound confidence.

A middle-aged woman is forced to fight for her job and prove her role is vital. In doing so, she reaches her own, surprising conclusion.

A woman struggles to come to terms with her father’s sudden death and the heartbreaking discovery that he had a secret second family.

A retiree finds a new lease of life when his daughter gifts him a course of fitness sessions for his 65th birthday.

A gifted but neglected teenager’s education is jeopardized when she is made homeless.

Phil starts looking after his father following a fall, but a tragic accident ensues.

A former homeless addict turns her life around and volunteers at the local shelter in an attempt to 'give back' and reconcile with her family.

Faced with spiralling debts, Ellie Morgan's only hope of avoiding bankruptcy is to sell the home she loves. No-one's buying, however - no-one, that is, except John Mulligan, an old flame from school. A bad boy done good, he's Ellie's knight in shining armour. He offers the perfect solution, or so Ellie thinks, until best friend Maria suggests that not everything about John Mulligan is as great as it seems.

Dave is forever in the shadow of his footballer brother Steven and although he is the life and soul of the party, his drinking seems to be spiralling out of control. After meeting a nurse and convincing her he can turn over a new leaf, he takes her out for an evening, but his jealous imagination starts to run riot.

When Sylvie Jackson is asked to cover for a colleague at work, she makes a decision that results in a terrifying situation. The incident kicks off a chain of events that leads her into unfamiliar territory. With her back against the wall and all sides closing in, it's up to Sylvie to find the courage to take control and get her life back on track.

John and Carol are in their sixties, looking forward to retirement and a quiet life. Long-suffering of each other's foibles, but always leavened with fond humour, relations are nevertheless strained by their failure to sell their house, which has been on the market for months. As they bicker about reducing the price, they are unaware that two other arguments are happening simultaneously on their street; a young couple, Sarah and Ryan, argue about money, and taxi passenger Dave complains about the fare to driver Neil. These events come to a terrible head when Ryan is fatally knocked over by Neil, outside John and Carol's house. John and Carol try to be as sensitive as they can to the mourners congregating outside their house, but as the weeks turn into months, and the shrine of flowers, cards and soft toys encroaches ever further into their lives, even John and Carol's ever-present humour starts to fade.

Liv is all things to all people: a single mum to two young boys, a housing officer for vulnerable adults, a university student and a loyal daughter to her difficult and demanding dad. She is pulled in so many directions that she has little time to think of herself, and even less opportunity to build a meaningful relationship. A chance encounter with supply teacher Aiden ignites a spark that offers Liv a real chance of the happiness and love she deserves. But Liv has a secret that threatens to ruin everything. Once a week, after dropping the boys at school, Liv dutifully travels to the prison where her father Kris is serving a lengthy sentence. These visits have dominated her life since the kids were small, and although she tries to protect them from this grim reality, they know more than she realises.

Single mum Danielle befriends Sonia, a new mother at the school.

Stressed and unable to cope, newly qualified teacher Amani Sarin tells a terrible lie.

14 years old Beth suddenly stop taking, causing her family to panic.

A stressed-out English teacher heads for a breakdown as he copes with an impossible workload and a particularly unruly pupil.

A couple who struggled to conceive their twins through IVF are informed that they still have embryos at the clinic, but their shelf-life is limited.

A man longing to get back with his separated family acts rashly to reconnect with them, leading to a tragic situation that backs him into a corner.