BBC period drama set in and around brothels in London in 1763, starring Samantha Morton and Lesley Manville.

Brothel owner Margaret Wells is on the threshold of moving into a more up-market house in Soho when her premises are raided by the nightwatchmen. Fined for keeping an obscene and bawdy house and unable to make the final payment for her new establishment, she is forced to utilise her greatest asset - her daughter Lydia.

Meanwhile, her rival Lydia Quigley is determined that Margaret's grand plans are thwarted.