A classic British family drama following the Waterbury family after Charles Waterbury is wrongly imprisoned for selling state secrets. Forced to leave their comfortable home, Mrs Waterbury and her children—Bobbie, Phyllis, and Peter—move to a modest cottage in Yorkshire near a railway station. As they adjust to their new lives, the children befriend a distinguished gentleman whose support becomes crucial when they uncover the truth about their father's imprisonment and seek to reunite their family.