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Episode 3

David follows the trails of a traumatised soldier on the run, a family man at breaking point and one resident who developed an interest in the paranormal.

By 1913, Number 5 is home to respectable couple Frederick and Louisa Pryce Lewis. From a clue in the family photo album, David follows the trail of their younger son Walter, tracking him from Australia to the battlefields of Gallipoli and finally back to Leeds, where David discovers that Walter has turned to a life of crime.

Successful textiles chemist Percival King and wife Rose are the next to move into the house, with their young daughter. But this apparently happy family is split apart when Percival suddenly resigns from his job, admits himself to a psychiatric institution then disappears without warning.

Our next residents, Laurence and May Bendit, are a married couple with a shared passion for the spiritual movement of theosophy who raise their young children at Number 5. But when Laurence develops an interest in the paranormal, an encounter with a mysterious clairvoyant puts his marriage under threat.

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RoleContributor
PresenterDavid Olusoga
DirectorEdmund Moriarty
ProducerEdmund Moriarty
ComposerPaul Honey
EditorMike Duly
Production ManagerZarina Dick
Series ProducerCaroline Miller
Series ProducerRachel Ozers
Executive ProducerMary Crisp
Production CompanyTwenty Twenty TV

Broadcasts

  • Tue 21 Sep 202121:00
  • Sat 25 Sep 202116:15
  • Thu 14 Oct 202101:00
  • Sat 8 Oct 202219:40
  • Thu 30 May 202420:00
  • Fri 31 May 202402:40