Augustus Melmotte, un financier de la ville né en Europe, dont les origines sont aussi mystérieuses que ses affaires. Quelques semaines après son arrivée à Londres, il annonce une nouvelle entreprise et promet une fortune instantanée.
Press se déroule dans le monde de la presse, dont le passé a été déchiré par des scandales de piratage, dont le présent est à la merci de l'ère numérique et du cycle d'information de 24 heures, et dont l'avenir est incertain.
After seeing devastating results of ethnic war in former Yugoslavia soldiers from UNPROFOR peace units find it impossible to return back to their civil lives in the UK.
The Post targets trade union leader Frank Powell while the Herald investigates child labour at Indian suppliers to the textile industry. Leona investigates deaths at a hospital. Ed is sent to cover a celebrity event.
Holly is presented with a major story about sexual abuse of interns by a powerful businessman. Amina discovers that veteran reporter Chris Cartwright has been falsifying his reports.
Duncan attempts to spend quality time with his son Fred. Holly struggles to separate her personal grievances from her professional ambitions. James' MI5 source blows the whistle on the Resonance programme.
At the Herald, deputy news editor Holly Evans investigates a hit-and-run accident involving a police car. At the Post, Ed Washburn is sent to talk to the family of a footballer who committed suicide.
