خلاصه داستان : بن هارپر یک دندان پزشک انسان گریز است. او برای اکثر مردم، از جمله همسرش سوزان و فرزندانش نیک، جنی و مایکل، وقت ندارد.

Ben Harper is a moderately successful family man and dentist. He is also undergoing a mid-life crisis and trying to cope with the bizarre reality of raising teenage children. His wife Susan seems quite happy, enjoys her job as a London tour guide, however at home her ability to find her way around a cookbook or pantry is less successful. Their three children Nick, Janey, and Michael are as different as chalk and cheese. Nick (19) is on his gap year, but doesn't get much further than the sofa or job centre, Janey is as sharp as a tack and 16 going on 25, while Michael is a very bright, computer-nerdish 12 year old who is just discovering girls.

خلاصه داستان : شمال و جنوب اقتباسی چهار قسمتی از داستان عاشقانه الیزابت گاسکل درباره مارگارت هیل ، یک طبقه جنوبی از طبقه متوسط ​​است که مجبور می شود به شهر شمالی میلتون نقل مکان کند.

Margaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and willfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton...