1917年，第一次世界大战进入最激烈之际，两个年轻的英国士兵接到的命令，需立即赶往死亡前线，向那里的将军传达一个“立刻停止进攻”讯息。 时间只有八小时，武器弹药有限，无人知晓前方敌况：死亡寂静之地、布满尸体的铁丝网、突如其来的敌军、随时毙命的危险境况…… 这一次两个少年为救1600个人的性命，不完成，毋宁死！

　　根据诺曼·莱布得勒支创作的同名小说改编，讲述二战时的伦敦，两个少年马丁和道维多尔成为生死之交。道维多尔是个从华沙流亡过来的小提琴手，寄居在马丁家。然而，就在道维多尔的小提琴独奏会的首演当晚，他却神秘地失踪了，这件事成了马丁几十年的心结。

　　The drama depicts the surreptitious invasion of the land our farmer cherishes, with devastating consequences, as his livelihood, homestead and family life are threatened by local county lines drugs dealers: urban gangs using the British countryside as a field of operations, moving drugs and money between their inner-city hubs and provincial areas.
　　Nathan Williams is a man who runs a farm which has been in his family for generations, caught in a numbing rhythm of work and grief following the death of his wife, Sabine, two years previously. A single parent to teenager Johnny, Nathan is uniquely placed and possesses enough pent-up energy to take on the gangs that threaten to engulf his son.
　　Consequently, he embarks on a personal journey that will take him ever further out of his comfort zone into a dark alternative world as he fights to protect his family, his homestead and his legacy. He’s missed all the clues that the country idyll around him has been fatally compromised, contaminated by waves of criminality spreading and mutating virus-like from the city.
　　Now Nathan must accept that the rustic atmosphere of his childhood is long gone, replaced by something altogether more perilous. And the only way for Nathan to survive in this brave new world is to learn the rules and fight back.

　　讲述匹兹堡一家医院的医护人员的日常生活。