Lilies - Episode 1 - The Chit Behind King Billy - 2007

Tough, sexy, funny and heartbreaking, Lillies details the lives of Iris, May and
Ruby Moss - Catholic sisters coming of age in a dockland terraced house. Familial
love sustains them, and their fortunes are bound to those of their brother and
their father. Set in the years immediately following the First World War, Lilies
pulls no punches in its storytelling. It depicts a sensual, vivid and sometimes
savage universe - where life is lived on a knife-edge of poverty, fuelled by
various kinds of love. Dadda, the family's charismatic and mercurial father
married very young, is now widowed, and his struggle to nurture his unruly children
proves both moving and comic.

Lilies Episode 1

The Chit Behind King Billy

Drama series set in 1920s Liverpool. The Moss family needs to get their pianola
out of hock in time for the street party, so headstrong young Ruby must go out
and earn money. But her new job as a corsetiere, together with competing for a
place in the Olympic swimming team, is taking its toll. Brother Billy is the only
one who can help but he is suffering his own nightmare due to his traumatic war
experiences. The day of Ruby's swimming race arrives and Billy's fear of water
reaches crisis point.

Cast

Brian McCardie ... Dadda Moss (8 episodes, 2007)
Catherine Tyldesley ... Iris Moss (8 episodes, 2007)
Kerrie Hayes ... Ruby Moss (8 episodes, 2007)
Leanne Rowe ... May Moss (8 episodes, 2007)
Stephen Moyer ... Mr. Brazendale (8 episodes, 2007)
Scot Williams ... Father Melia (8 episodes, 2007)
Daniel Rigby ... Billy Moss (7 episodes, 2007)
Jennifer Hennessy ... Mrs. Brazendale (7 episodes, 2007)
Iain McKee ... Frank Gadney (7 episodes, 2007)
Ebe Sievwright ... Joseph Hartman (3 episodes, 2007)
John Axon ... Abie Lee (3 episodes, 2007)
Laura Wallace ... Queenie Higgs (3 episodes, 2007)
Denise Kennedy ... Mrs. Quirke (3 episodes, 2007)
Marie Critchley ... Mrs. McBride (2 episodes, 2007)
Rose Farley ... Margaret McBride (2 episodes, 2007)
Tim Beasley ... Doctor Campbell (2 episodes, 2007