A painter and her son arrive at Wildfell Hall, prompting speculation among villagers that she is harbouring a dark secret. Lonely and withdrawn, she is befriended by a local farmer, but will she trust him enough to reveal the truth about her past?

Helen and her son Arthur are forced to leave Wildfell as a mysterious coach arrives at the hall, while Gilbert reads her diary and learns of her years of misery and neglect at the hands of Huntingdon.

Helen and her son Arthur are forced to leave Wildfell as a mysterious coach arrives at the hall, while Gilbert reads her diary and learns of her years of misery and neglect at the hands of Huntingdon. Final part of the adaptation of Anne Bronte's classic, starring Tara Fitzgerald, Rupert Graves and Toby Stephens.