Ladies of Letters - Season 1

Two widows forge a friendship through letters. After Irene's daughter gets married, she receives a thank you note from Vera, and their correspondence begins.

Irene's beau Bill hits it off with Vera, but after a disastrous holiday experience, the ladies stop speaking to each other for two years.

Vera steals the spotlight at a soiree that Irene invites her to, leaving Irene feeling insecure.

Vera doesn't take the news of her unmarried daughter Karen's pregnancy very well, but Irene hits it off with the girl and the two share some time together.

An incident at the demonstration puts Irene in hospital suffering from amnesia, and Vera's attempts to help jog her memory cause more confusion. But worse is to come!

Circumstances see both Irene and Vera in jail at the same time, but with Christmas coming up and lots of activities to arrange, it doesn't seem such a bad place to be.

Vera and Irene continue to enjoy their captivity aboard the prison ship, and spend their time advising and helping their fellow inmates, whilst subverting the system from within.

Irene launches an appeal to free her friend from prison, but Vera is content with her incarceration. So will the news of an impending by-pass through Vera's house change her mind?

Vera is released from prison, but is soon overwhelmed by domestic chaos back at the farm. Irene lets the villagers know about the proposed bypass, but could Vera's home be haunted?

As the bulldozers move in on Vera's house, Irene wins a camper van in a raffle and the friends agree to leave their troubles behind them and set off on a trip around the world trip together. End of Series One