“The view may be beautiful, but you can't eat it.”
Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a getaway for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the picturesque harbour. As his struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals alike, a tragedy at the heart of the family changes his world.
Mark Jenkin
Kate Byers
Linn Waite
Mark Jenkin
Mark Jenkin
Mark Jenkin
Edward Rowe
Martin Ward
Mary Woodvine
Sandra Leigh
Giles King
Steven Ward
Simon Shepherd
Tim Leigh
Chloe Endean
Wenna Kowalski
Janet Thirlaway
Mrs. Peters
Isaac Woodvine
Neil Ward
Martin Ellis
Billy Ward
Jowan Jacobs
Hugo Leigh
Georgia Ellery
Katie Leigh
Stacey Guthrie
Liz Stewart
Morgan Val Baker
Husband
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"Martin" (a competent Edward Rowe) is struggling to come to terms with changes in his tiny fishing village that have left him a bit adrift. His brother has decided that more cash can be made if they use their late father's boat for tourist trips and their former family home is now lived in by "Sandr...
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