First broadcast 3rd/10th/17th October 1997.
In 1854 Newcastle, 10-year-old Millie's mother dies in a brothel, leaving her to be taken in by 'Raggie Aggie'.
Val McLane - Aggie Winkovski
Dave Johns - Man
Fleur Bennett - Laura Forester
Perdita Weeks - Young Millie
Christine Anderson - Mrs. Walton
Alec Newman - Ben
Tracey Wilkinson - Nellie
Neil Daglish - Sergeant Fenwick
Desmond Cullum-Jones - Magistrate
Paul Brennen - Boswell
Steve Ramsden - Schindler
Lyndsey Rounsfell - Rosie (as Lyndsey Todd)
Carmel Cryan - Mother Superior
Valerie Lilley - Sister Mary
Leonie Sooke - Annabel
Julia Dearden - Sister Cecilia
William Gaminara - Mr. Quinton
Claudia McNulty - Mrs. Quinton
Crispin Bonham-Carter - Bernard Thompson
Patrick Ryecart - Mr. Crane-Bolder
Honeysuckle Weeks - Millie
Andrew Dickson - Patrick Quinton
Julia Burton-Roberts - Mary Quinton
Bernice Stegers - Berenice Crane-Bolder
Robert Jones - Dave Crane-Boulder
Tom Brodie - Randolph Crane-Boulder
Claire Russell - Jane Fathers
Bill Steel - Mr. Sponge
Mary Pickin - Mrs. Roper
Kevin Grahame - Mr. Carlin
Justine McKenzie - Flo Farrow
Ann Queensberry - Aunt Chrissie (as Anne Queensberry)
Malcolm Freeman - Forester
Susan Liddell - Lottie
Jack McBride - Older Constable
Guy Manning - Dr. Stevens
Christine Anderson - Mrs. Walton