Jess and Lou Pearson-Faith are a lesbian couple from Essex. They live in a council flat with Jess’s three children from a previous marriage. With no full-time jobs, they are reliant on benefits.

Two hundred miles away in Cheshire, in the Berrisford household, Mandy looks after the house and kids, while dad Mick works over 70 hours a week on the farm. How will Mick react when he discovers that the Pearson-Faiths get more money through benefits than he earns? And how will Jess cope when she learns that Mick would rather disown his son than accept him if he came out as gay?

Sunday 7 October 2007
8:00pm, Channel 4