One Week in August

From one of the genre’s best-loved names, a charming tale of friendship and romance, happiness and heartbreak.

August, 1955. Janice Butler is working as a waitress at her mother’s Blackpool boarding house before she heads off to university. When Val and Cissie, both from Walker’s woollen mill in Halifax, come to stay for a week, the three young women form an instant friendship.

When they attend a local dance at the Winter Gardens, the events of that evening will change all their lives, both for better and for worse. Romance beckons for all three girls – but can a holiday fling ever lead to something deeper? As autumn approaches, the three friends discover that life doesn’t always turn out as one would expect – and the course of true love never did run smooth …