On the Edge

A mermaid struggles to navigate the highs and lows of her burgeoning relationship with her human partner. Struggling to adjust to life on dry land and the loss of her tail, she feels an urge to return to the sea, no matter the cost.

A foster father cannot bear to give up the teenage girl he has raised when the authorities decide that her birth mother is well enough to take her back. He convinces himself that she will be in danger if she goes, but does not realise his own unresolved feelings concerning his father are clouding his judgement.

An old man refuses to accept the reality of his wife's dementia. Their stoic grandson Terry has become her primary caregiver, and desperately tries to convince him that she needs to go into residential care before something terrible happens.

The drama anthology series returns with Samantha O'Rourke's Mincemeat, the story of a girl trying to get through to her controlling and overbearing mother, who struggles with hoarding. A new romance offers the girl a chance to escape - but may be the thing that finally pushes her mother over the edge.

Nessah Muthy's film Cradled, exploring the overwhelming nature of modern motherhood. Ellora Torchia stars as Maia, a woman whose seemingly perfect home life descends into chaos after her baby begins to talk.

The anthology series concludes with Superdad by Daniel Rusteau. A father and son go on a life-affirming road trip - but one of them is supposed to be in school and the other is supposed to be in a psychiatric hospital. 

Remi is a young, plus-size woman trying to find her place in the world while everyone around her thinks they know best. Will she ever be able to take back control?

Rev and his girlfriend Alex are passionately in love, but he has anxiety and depression, which he tries to control with therapy, mindfulness, medication - and his partner's support. Things come to a head at Alex's sister's wedding, when Rev is confronted by her family's prejudices.

A chance meeting between vulnerable Candice and homeless Kems leads to an intimate friendship, but he is put under pressure to take advantage of her by a friend who he owes a favour. 

Aimee has spent most of her young, chaotic life in and out of prison. Tessa is the disillusioned parole officer in charge of Aimee's welfare after her release, living her own life of organised chaos, under the watchful eye of boss Mark. Although from different worlds, both are trapped in cycles they can't escape. Can they help each other find a way out?

The lives of single mum Josephine and her 11-year-old son Ishmael are shattered when he witnesses a gangland crime on their estate and is asked to testify against the killer. Under threat, the pair find sanctuary in the middle class home of Josephine's sister Claudia and her disapproving husband Patrick. When Josephine starts to have doubts about her son's account, she is torn between wanting to believe him and the suspicions that circle him. Is he being unfairly judged?

The final in the three-part drama anthology that serves up a raw slice of real life in modern Britain. That Girl centres around the friendship between Ashley and Becca. Free-spirited Ashley refuses to grow up, enabled by sensible flatmate Becca. When she is forced to confront a reality she tried to bury in her past, Ashley's life begins to unravel. Will she take the law into her own hands?