Billy is an Edwardian tableaux artist who turns to photography when his painting style goes out of fashion. Sarah Lancashire is Violet, his prim but steadfast housekeeper, who secretly harbours a passion for her master and encourages him to swap the canvas for the camera.
All it takes is a politician looking for a cause - anti-pornography is a great vote-catcher - and the full weight of the active Suffragette movement to create chaos…