The Mill 2013

Powerful historical drama series, based on the lives of real people, telling the story of young 19th-century apprentices taking their lives into their own hands for the first time.

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    Series 1

    2013

    4 episodes

    Season 1 of The Mill premiered on July 28, 2013.

    The first series introduces the life of the apprentices and the daily routines they faced at Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire.

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    Series 2

    2014

    6 episodes

    Season 2 of The Mill premiered on July 20, 2014.

    The second series focusses on the lives of the Quarry Bank mill workers between 1838 and 1842, a period of turbulent social, political and industrial change.