A naive Irish woman joins two lifelong friends at university in 1950s Dublin where, against the wishes of her strict parents, she falls for a dashing rugby player. Meanwhile, her pals - socially ambitious Nan and the more cautious Eve - pursue romances of their own. Drama, based on Maeve Binchy's novel, with Minnie Driver, Saffron Burrows, Geraldine O'Rawe, Chris O'Donnell and Colin Firth.