Last Tango in Halifax

- Season 1

(2012)

Alan, on farm, re-unites with childhood sweetheart "glamorous" Celia, learns his late wife kept them apart. Celia's daughter Caroline insults Alan's Gillian and lets husband John move back in.

Alan and Celia test sportscar and hold engagement party. Gillian tells son Raff secret of his dad's fatal accident, and copes with amorous Paul. Caroline faces rumors of kissing teacher Kate; husband John faces visit of lover Judith.

Raff is released but refuses to talk to Gillian,having learned of her session with Paul,and goes to live with Robbie. Later a badly injured Paul arrives,beaten up by his girlfriend's brothers,and she lets him move in. Some time later,after Robbie has brought Raff to collect his belongings,Gillian's Land Rover is torched. Alan goes to see Celia and they overhear Caroline and John having yet another row,with Caroline again,telling John to move out. Caroline rings Kate and has a heart to heart with her,opening up about her lack of emotion. Judith rings John,asking for ...

As Alan and Celia spend the night in the haunted house their daughters worry and a frantic Gillian even persuades Raff and Robbie to visit her. After denying any knowledge of setting fire to her Land Rover Robbie even begins to get on with Gillian. Caroline also stays over and the two women begin to bond as they admit their fears to each other. However it is Paul who works out where the elderly couple are as he knew they were seeking a wedding venue and the police find them. Much reconciliation follows but,as John tells Carolie he lent Judith money,she admits to an ...

On the eve of the birthdays of Caroline and Gillian,born on the same day,Alan tells Celia he feels guilty because,although Gillian's husband Eddie killed himself,Alan colluded with his daughter in failing to call the ambulance,letting him die. This is the reason Robbie believes Gillian killed Eddie though when Robbie returns Raff to live with his mother he asks Gillian on a date. Caroline decides to go public about her relationship with Kate but,whilst elder son William is happy for her,John - seeing that Caroline plans to move Kate into the house in his place - is ...

Nobody thanks John for his revelation though Caroline's younger son Lawrence accepts the situation. Celia,on the other hand,does not and shows her disapproval strongly,shocking Alan and Gillian. Celia agrees to meet Kate at a family dinner party but her bigotry ruins the evening as well as driving a wedge between Kate and Caroline and Alan calls the wedding off,disgusted by this new side to his fiancee.Caroline and Celia have a huge row but later Celia visits Kate,explaining that,in view of her own stale marriage,she only wants the best for her daughter but now ...