Local millionaire Tim redevelops Manchester's red-light district into a fashionable new residential quarter. Helen has over a million pounds to spend on a penthouse. Salford single mum Christina is priced out of the area she grew up in.
Tim hits a million-pound problem in the mill he is converting into apartments. Less than a mile away Anne and her friends face losing their homes to a redevelopment project. Lifeline must find a new base.