A widowed teacher marries again, but her hopes of her daughter accepting a stepfather her own age, and her anticipation of a birthday picnic by the river are clouded by a series of murders in the district and by a fear rooted rather nearer home.

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Cast

Billie Whitelaw

Margie

Iain Glen

Ray

Brenda Fricker

Ray's Mother

Sarah-Jane Holm

Della

Cassie Stuart

Ruth

Jimmy Yuill

Man at Dyke

Ross Kemp

Police Officer

Peter Whitbread

Inspector Cartwright