Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life
  • Trailer

  • Watchlist

Emily is happy in her work as housekeeper to Mr & Mrs McGilby, and is able to keep an eye on her sickly sister Lucy while their father is away at sea.

  • Drama
  • Year 1996
  • 50 min

The lively and unconventional young Emily Kennedy learns valuable lessons about life and love in her relationships with three very different men.

  1. Year: 1996
  • The Tide of Life S1 E1

    E1 • Episode 1

    1. 50min
    2. TV-PG
    3. CC
    4. HD

    Emily is happy in her work as housekeeper to Mr & Mrs McGilby, and is able to keep an eye on her sickly sister Lucy while their father is away at sea.

  • The Tide of Life S1 E2

    E2 • Episode 2

    1. 50min
    2. TV-PG
    3. CC
    4. HD

    Life at Croft Dene House is not easy. Birch's wife Rona is bed-bound, the couple are constantly at loggerheads, and household retainer Abbie is out to cause trouble. If that wasn't enough, a ghost is reputed to walk the house.

  • The Tide of Life S1 E3

    E3 • Episode 3

    1. 50min
    2. TV-PG
    3. CC
    4. HD

    Left with nothing but a small allowance and deserted by Lizzie Rowan, Birch reluctantly latches onto Emily. He makes it clear that he will never marry her, but she happily moves into his rundown cottage and the pair become lovers.