Hope Street may be just an ordinary terraced street in Leeds but its the world to Maggie Fish. & when her father returns home from the war the whole family looks forward to happier times. But then Maggies mother dies giving birth to a little boy leaving Johnnie Fish a bitter widower. He can never look at his son without remembering that this child caused his wifes death. By contrast Maggie can do no wrong in her fathers eyes & he pushes her forward to sing at Hope Street Working Mens Club. Fifteen-year-old Maggie has her first taste of show-business
- & she wants more. With the help of Charlie Chipperfield a talented piano-player new vaudeville act
- Fish & Chipperfield
- is born. But the clubs in Yorkshire only offer them a limited audience & musical tastes are changing. It may spell the end for their double act but for Maggie the road to fame & fortune is only just the beginning.. .