Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Vanessa Rosenthal. The relationship between a young Jewish drama student and a divorcee 13 years her senior. It is 1966 and Stella is engaged to Tom. But will her parents ever accept him or the marriage? Stella ...... Rebecca Callard Tom ......John Lightbody Avnair ...... Greg Wood Maurice ...... Robert Pickavance.