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  1. Episode 10

    10/10 2009: The imaginary reel of time is slowing and the possible future lives draw to a close.

  2. Episode 9

    9/10 1994: Alec has completed an Open University teaching degree and is about to start work.

  3. Episode 8

    8/10 In the summer of 1994, Vern goes to Glyndebourne. Jo gives a singing lesson.

  4. Episode 7

    7/10 It鈥檚 1994, and Val is manning the phones. Ben has been rescued.

  5. Episode 6

    6/10 1979: As the dispute still drags on at The Times, Vernon's life is also in disarray.

  6. Episode 5

    5/10 1979: Alec is defiant in the dispute between printers and management at The Times.

  7. Episode 4

    4/10 It鈥檚 1979 and the lives of five children killed by a wartime bomb continue to unfold.

  8. Episode 3

    3/10 1964: the possible futures of five children killed in a wartime attack continue to unfold.

  9. Episode 2

    2/10 1964: Alec has followed in his father鈥檚 footsteps as a typesetter. Val goes to Margate.

  10. Episode 1

    1/10 1944: Five young lives are ended. But what of their possible futures? What if?