The social rivalry between two women in the 1930s when Lucia rents Mapp's house for the summer.

Two familys' lives are turned upside down when a mother recognises her daughter, Alice, who was kidnapped from a beach over 10 years earlier, and who was generally assumed to have drowned.

A portmanteau exploration of disparate characters scattered across London, many of whose lives intersect unpredictably. A refreshing take on the complexities, contradictions and compromises of modern living in the greatest City on Earth.