In the sleepy village of Babel's End, trouble is brewing.
Bilal Hasham is having a mid-life crisis. His mother has

An episodic tale of an average working class family in the interwar years. Narrated by Laurence Olivier & directed by David Lean, the story traces the melodrama caused by illicit affairs, family bereavement, the first ripples of women's liberation & political instability in the country during the General Strike. It highlights the fact that these internal wranglings are all happening in one house in an average street, & that each average house has its own dramatic stories to tell. Adapted from Noel Coward's stage play.