17-year-old teenager Stephen Cartwright (played by Irish actor Robert Sheehan) stands charged with a serious offence, in Jimmy McGovern’s drama, as his anxious father Peter (John Bishop) looks on. Some months previously – as depicted in the story- Peter had been doing his utmost to help his sons Stephen and Dom face the imminent death of their beloved mother. Stephen had grown suspicious about his mother’s palliative care nurse Charlotte(Sheridan Smith). Then Stephen’s father appears to move on rather briskly after his wife’s demise. Increasingly paranoid, Stephen becomes anxious about the welfare of his younger brother Dom and tension builds between him and his dad.