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01Catherine is a high profile documentary maker, who made her name in war zones and refugee camps. Now back home after a painful divorce, she’s turned her attention to the disappearance of teenager Alison Carter, a crime that rocked the rural community of Scardale in Northumberland in the 1960s. Catherine suspects that the true story may be very different from the one she thought she was telling...
02Philip Hawkin inherited the title of Lord of the Manor in Scardale and doesn’t hide his contempt for the villagers. Handsome and unflappable, he also treats his wife Ruth as if she's beneath him. When Alison disappears, Hawkin appears distant. His odd behaviour and the numerous photographs he has taken of his stepdaughter makes the police view him with suspicion.
03Ruth is devastated when her 13-year-old daughter Alison goes missing after taking her dog for a walk on the moors near Scardale. The loss of her daughter takes its toll on Ruth as she fears the worst. Ruth’s first husband died when Alison was a child and she now lives in grandeur at the Manor House with her second husband Philip Hawkin. Still beautiful, Ruth rarely emerges from her husband’s shadow and hides painful secrets from her childhood.
04Ambitious, honest, hard working and compassionate, the young policeman approaches his job with both intelligence and dedication. The disappearance of Alison Carter in 1963 is George’s first chance to show his new bosses what he’s made of, and it launches him on a stellar career. More than 40 years on, the case continues to haunt him.
