Across the Common

Louise returns to the house where she grew up, The Hollies.

It's a refuge for the vanishing series: The Great British Aunt.

There is Aunt Seraphina, who steals cuttings from under the park-keeper's nose; Aunt Rosa, who has only one eye but can hurl a cushion as straight as a die; and Aunt Cissie in her wheelchair, tiny and malevolent.

Together, they probe the secrets hidden by family pride and home truths that have been conveniently forgotten...