Etched in blood, passion and tragedy, The Fifteen Streets is an intensely moving Victorian-era drama, based on the best-selling novel by Catherine Cookson, one of England's most celebrated and beloved authors.
Owen Teale is John O'Brien, a dock worker who fights against the suffering around him with his heart, unlike the members of his rowdy, brawling family - which includes his wayward brother Dominic (Sean Bean).
After a chance meeting with his sister's beautiful teacher, Mary Llewellyn (Clare Holman), romance blossoms for John. But this appears doomed because of the very nature of the classes of society which separate them.
The arrival of a family of spiritual healers, or "spooks", complicates matters, as does the surprise pregnancy of Nancy, a local girl who accuses John of being the father. No one, however, is prepared for the eventual tragedy which will affect the lives of everyone in the street.
