Brief Encounters - Season 1 (2016)

In 1982 when Sheffield factory worker Terry Kirke loses his job his wife Steph, who cleans for wealthy butcher's wife Pauline Spake, sees the chance to make extra money by selling saucy undies and sex aids. Despite Terry's objections and her own inhibitions she joins fellow school run mum Nita and hairdresser Dawn, girlfriend of Pauline's husband Brian's shop boy as salespersons but lacks a venue - until Pauline, bored by her lonely existence, offers to host the party. Pauline is initially nervous but rises to the occasion when her prudish friend Bunny objects and the...

Terry is working away after Steph discovered his infidelity and, strapped for cash, she uses some of her sales money to pay the rent. Pauline over-rules Brian by allowing Dawn, who is exhausted by skivvying for her lazy father and older brothers, to be their lodger but Dawn's spiteful father Len counters by banning her from seeing little brother Stanley. Needing the money Steph agrees to host a party for Lisa, the woman she caught with Terry, organized by Lisa's innocent boyfriend Barry, who takes Steph's 5 year old son Dean out - and loses him, though sympathetic ...

Steph goes on an over-night date with Johnny but Terry returns, vowing to make amends and, whilst both he and Steph's mother Joan know about Johnny, she agrees to a reconciliation with her husband. With Brian incapacitated after Kieren ran him over fleeing the robbery Pauline finds he is in debt to his suppliers and, to raise cash, encouraged by Dawn, hosts her first solo party which is a huge success. Returning home in triumph she finds that Dawn wants to move Stanley in after other family members have been arrested. Meanwhile Nita learns the truth about Kieren's ...