"In this heartwarming portrait of a small cotton mill town in Lancashire, Edie Hill is a tragic heroine who works hard all her life, raises an illegitimate son, and loses her family one by one as they fall victim to the cotton mill dust from years spent labouring at the mill. At the same time, however, Edie is a truly funny character and the tragic episodes in her saga are balanced with moments of great warmth and humour". "In Edie's world you will meet some amazing characters. There's Irish Mary with her thirteen ginger headed children - all boys; Daft Lizzie; Tully the Bully and many, many more. Adding to the flavour there's a Sally Army revivalist meeting; a wedding; a funeral and plenty of "trouble 't mill". With a cast of over thirty Home Before Dark promises to be a show to remember".

WRITTEN BY JIMMIE CHINN DIRECTED BY COLIN SHAW Photographs from the show Please wait for images to load

CAST PAULINE CAMPBELL VICTORIA JONES LAURA WILSON LOUISE ROSS SYLVIA BERTIE STEVE DAVIES DON WALKER SYLVIA COLLINS JAMES BELL SIMON RACE JAMIE BALE DAWN MURRAY DAVID LANSDELL ADAM DOUGLAS SHIELA EVERETT ERIC YOUNG STEVEN McFARLANE   DAVID CARTER ANNE HOGG CARLY HURRY MIKE KEIR JOHN WOODS SHEILA TAYLOR CHRISTOPHER BALL  MATTHEW KEIR (YG) REBECCA KIRBY (YG) CHERYL DOBSON (YG) CATRIONA MILBURN (YG) SARAH BOOTH (YG) SALLY KEIR (YG) MAX MITCHELL (YG) (YG) = YOUTH GROUP