"One mission will save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, Mary's husband is the man tasked with running it. She could lose him and everything that she has ever known. Her world is fracturing and her girls are wanting to fall in love at a time when heartbreak is a breath away. Even the Shetland Islands isn't safe from the destruction of World War Two."

SYNOPSIS:

This series is based on the True Events of those who risked their lives for the “Bus” mission to save men, women and Children from the invading Nazis.

It’s an explosive one-hour drama that combines the life of those who lived in the manor houses, learning what a working family does and to the point of what it means to lose those closest to you and manage to forgive those that might have taken them from you

Second world war two has started and its reach even touches the isolated islands of Shetland. The last of the Earls and Ladies are living there will put to the ultimate test. They feel duty-bound to help those who are running from Germany find safety, and freedom and be who they are.

Thomas begins to plan the mission to take them to safety. Mary though is struggling to hold onto the world that she has always known. Her daughters are growing up in a world that she never planned for them to live within.

The family finds it trying to hold onto each other when so many other families are being ripped apart. Hearts are being broken, and children are born without knowing their fathers, brothers or family. Farms struggle to produce food and fishing boats that can’t feed the villages anymore.