Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play An early success for acclaimed screenwriter Russell T Davies this peak-time drama series explores the &upstairs-downstairs& lives of the management staff & guests of a luxury Manchester hotel in the 1920s Starring Susan Hampshire Tim Healy & Mark Mc Gann The Grand&s compelling storylines often encompass the darker side of inter-war life as poverty & exploitation covert prostitution & unenlightened attitudes loom large life is not all it seems behind the hotel&s elegant facade New Year&s Eve 1918 Owners John & Sarah Bannerman celebrate the re-opening of their refurbished hotel & the return of demobbed son Stephen But their joy is marred by a crisis that could lose them the hotel & one that can only be resolved with the financial muscle of John&s brother Marcus Amoral & ruthless to the point of sadism with a barely concealed interest in Sarah Marcus now holds a key stake in the business making sibling rivalry & conflict inevitable This complete set contains all eighteen episodes from both series