This odd and little-remembered soap opera from Granada Television was set in Liverpool and revolved around the Freeman family.
Liz (Gilly Coman) and Jack Freeman (Jonathan Barlow) had been happily married for almost 20 years.
During that time, they had raised a large Catholic family on the (fictional) Springhill housing estate on Merseyside (the series was actually filmed in Maghull) with five boisterous children.
The eldest, 18-year-old Nick (Scott Williams), was a garage mechanic, while the youngest was 13-year-old John Paul (Paul Culshaw).
Their lives were thrown into turmoil with the unwelcome arrival of Eva Morrigan (Katharine Rogers), a vengeful woman hell-bent on dragging up the murky past and a dark secret by revealing she was the actual mother of three of the Freeman children.
This developed into a battle between good and evil over a new baby (who was actually the second coming of Christ!), fought between Eva, Liz and the Freeman’s new housekeeper Marian (Judy Holt) – who was secretly an angel!
Episodes dealt with complex issues, including adoption, genetic sexual attraction, bigamy, homosexuality, infertility, surrogacy and murder. There was also a lot of religious imagery and supernatural elements, including angels, apparitions, witchcraft, time travel and the second coming of Christ.
The series initially aired on the Sky One satellite channel and was later repeated on Channel 4.
Gilly Coman died of a heart attack in 2010, two weeks before she was scheduled for a pacemaker operation. She was just 54.
Jonathan Barlow died on 10 January 2014.
Liz Freeman
Gilly Coman Jack Freeman
Jonathan Barlow Nick Freeman
Scot Williams Trish Freeman
Christine Tremarco Anthony Freeman
Kevin Knapman John Paul Freeman
Paul Culshaw Sue Freeman/Johnson
Sharon Byatt Eva Morrigan
Katharine Rogers Marian
Judy Holt Father McGinley
Bill Speed Jamie Johnson
Stephen Walters Greta Mullaney
Emma Lucy Vaudrey Meryl Cartlege
Vickie Gates Anita Cartledge
Crissy Rock Debbie Nixon
Claire Robinson Pat Lombard
Samantha Lavelle Carole Lombard
Sherril Parsons Grandad
Al T. Kossy Maureen Johnson
Marie Jelliman
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Liz (Gilly Coman) and Jack Freeman (Jonathan Barlow) had been happily married for almost 20 years.
Their lives were thrown into turmoil with the unwelcome arrival of Eva Morrigan (Katharine Rogers), a vengeful woman hell-bent on dragging up the murky past and a dark secret by revealing she was the actual mother of three of the Freeman children.
The series initially aired on the Sky One satellite channel and was later repeated on Channel 4.
