In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?
| Directing | Peter Wells | Director |
| Directing | Stewart Main | Director |
| Writing | Peter Wells | Writer |
| Writing | Stewart Main | Writer |
| Production | Trishia Downie | Associate Producer |
| Production | James Wallace | Producer |
| Sound | Peter Scholes | Music |
| Camera | Leon Narbey | Director of Photography |
| Editing | David Coulson | Editor |
| Art | Michael Kane | Production Design |
| Art | Shayne Radford | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Glenis Foster | Costume Design |
| Directing | Greg Stitt | First Assistant Director |
