In 1944 a group of women in an isolated welsh village wake up to discover that their husbands have mysteriously vanished. Andrea riseborough and michael sheen star. In 1944 a group of women in an isolated welsh village wake up to discover that their husbands have mysteriously vanished. Assuming they have joined the resistance, the women pull together, taking on the running of the farms, and wait, desperate for news. A german patrol arrives in the valley, the purpose of its mission a mystery. Based on the bestselling novel by owen sheers, the drama stars andrea riseboroughmade in dagenham and michael sheen frost nixon.