What goes on in the backstreets of seaside towns, behind the bed-and-breakfasts, kiss-me-quick hats and candyfloss?
The award-winning writer of Cracker, Paul Abbott, makes his Channel 4 debut with this David-and-Goliath drama about the dark underbelly of a small resort where illicit sex and widespread corruption are rife.
Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting) stars as Michael Fry, a junior in the resort’s Planning Department. One life-changing day he discovers that his superiors are plotting major changes that will affect the lives and livelihoods of residents who have seen decades come and go. The motive is greed and the method corruption – and there’s only one man who can take them on. He decides to challenge the system and play it at its own game, starting a chain of events that leads to a dramatic and stunning conclusion.
