It is summer 1939; war is imminent and is officially declared in September. Philandering Edward arrives home with his glamorous mistress, while Villy is shocked to discover she's pregnant and takes drastic action. Meanwhile, Zoe returns to London to nurse her sick mother and strikes up a relationship with a doctor.

• Douglas Livingstone
• Elizabeth Jane Howard

• Anna Chancellor
• Mark Bazeley
• Lesley Manville