Episode 1

Roy Osborne is admitted to a TB sanatorium in Surrey. His roommate is fellow Londoner Brian Clapton. Roy begins to realise just how bleak his future is.

Episode 2

As a terrible winter takes hold, the patients are told to keep their windows open.

Episode 3

Roy and Brian are forced to share a cubicle with the irritating Norman Tucker.

Episode 4

Roy's mother tries to lure him away from Mrs Howell.

Episode 5

Dr Ruggles allows Brian and Tucker to attend a whist drive, but Roy is only well enough to spectate.

Episode 6

Bernard Walpole is so in love with Ivy Osborne that he plans to get rid of his wife.