Martin Clunes stars in a TV adaptation of the classic story about a shy and dedicated teacher, Charles Edward Chipping, who finds love while walking in the alps. The unconvential Katherine Bridges (Victoria Hamilton) shakes up Chipping's mundane life and brings him great happiness
but due to an unforseen tragedy, the couple's life together is to be short lived. James Hilton's novel was previously adapted as an Oscar-winning classic starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson in 1939, and as a 1969 musical starring Peter O'Toole and Petula Clarke.
