Yorkshire, 1874. Annie Quaintain (Jessica Raine) is turfed out of home when her schoolmaster husband's death leaves her widowed and penniless. Shunned by society, and with no family to turn to, Annie is desperate for a place for her and her children, Martha (Amy James-Kelly) and George (Sam Bottomley), to stay. When she hears of jobs going in Culverdale Valley, where an enormous viaduct is being built, Annie, Martha and George have no choice but to set off for the promise of a new life in the vast expanse of the Yorkshire dales. Their journey takes them to a remote shanty town in the middle of a valley, the home to a community of navvies. A town called Jericho.
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It was quite a good pilot for sure. But it still can't help but feeling like a bit of a lesser "Hell on Wheels". A few of the scenes just seem a bit too "cheap", like watching a theater set without enough depth. But other than that it's definitely a decent show indeed, and one I'll be watching.