A lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries attempts to live independently while juggling an affair with a married woman.
Maxine Peake
Anne Lister
Anna Madeley
Mariana Belcombe
Susan Lynch
Isabella Norcliffe
Christine Bottomley
Ann Walker
Gemma Jones
Aunt Lister
Alan David
Uncle Lister
Richenda Carey
Mrs Priestley
Michael Culkin
Charles Lawton
