Up on the North Yorkshire moors the Hartle family is about to have a life-changing year Ann & Joe with more than thirty years of marriage & two sons between them are torn between giving up & pressing on with their struggling farm Max their older son is set to inherit the farm & his wife Primrose has news to share but is he ready for these new responsibilities? Their younger son Bartholomew escaped to the south as soon as he could building a new life for himself with his girlfriend Ruby But when tragedy strikes he is forced to return home - & must come to terms with his past in order to create a future Filled with both the joys & losses of ordinary life Homecoming is a big-hearted drama about how a family falls apart & comes back together again from a hugely talented new writer