The beautiful game. The crunch clash between United and Rovers in the last match of the season, all safely in the care of the four match officials.

Beattie and Sam are a young couple finally on the property ladder. But the only flat they can afford has a dark and sinister past, a past that demands to be heard.

Trevor and Julia always want to make Christmas really special for their family, but this year, with money so tight, things aren’t going to be easy. As each door of the Advent calendar opens, everyone will have to do their bit to make Christmas happen.

World-famous magician Neville Griffin is extremely protective of his secrets, but student journalist Gabriel is determined to get an interview nonetheless. Griffin actually believes that stealing a magic trick is probably worse than murder. How would he know that, exactly?

Seven disparate characters share their stories with a camera, their fates inevitably, inextricably and unknowingly set for a head-on collision.

Two police officers always have time to get to know each other on the night shift. But PC Thompson’s previous partner died in a brutal attack less than a month ago, the forensics have gone missing, and PC Varney is beginning to ask a lot of awkward questions.