The Moth. Part 1 of 3.

First broadcast 7th February 1997.

Set in 1913 Northumbria, England, Robert Bradley, a strong-willed young worker at a Jarrow shipyard, who arrives home one day to find that his father has died.

Jack Davenport ... Robert Bradley
David Howey ... John Bradley
Janet Dale ... Alice Bradley
Sally Grey ... Carrie Bradley
Angela Lonsdale ... Nancy Parkin
Leslie Schofield ... Billy Taggart
Mike Rossi ... Jimmy
Justine Waddell ... Millie Thorman
Juliet Aubrey ... Sarah Thorman
David Bradley ... Dave Waters
Ian Kelly ... James Crockford
Aedin Moloney ... Maggie
Jeremy Clyde ... Reginald Thorman
John Quarmby ... Samuel Bennett
Judy Loe ... Kate Thorman
Margaretta Scott ... Lady Clinton-Smyth
Delena Kidd ... Peggy Waters
Rupert Penry-Jones ... Stanley Thorman
Judi Earl ... Mary Taggart
Vin Welch ... Parson
Michael Gunn ... Greg Hubbard
Harry Herring ... Arthur Bloom
Jason Roberts ... Georgie Taggart
Henry Woolley ... Devenish
Alan Bird ... Solicitor
Dave Johns ... Man
William Gaminara ... Mr. Quinton
Steve Ramsden ... Schindler
Stuart Hilton ... Shipyard Dock Boy
Leonard Silver

Directed by Roy Battersby

Writing Credits :
Catherine Cookson
Gordon Hann