This drama is based on the people and history of Quarry Bank Mill, Cheshire.
THIS IS ENGLAND
大英帝国海外殖民事业如火如荼,本土工厂主却自认为不是奴隶主,人性化对待雇工。当他们骄傲地说出THIS IS ENGLAND,这不是俄国也不是美国,这里是英国,是雇工的天堂,他们的参照是俄美等国残酷剥削的奴隶制,更有获得解救的黑奴现身说法,但有人站出来戳破了他们的谎言,一座环境恶劣的工厂,数十名签了卖身契被迫每日工作超十六小时只得一饭一床的未成年童工,肆意性骚扰女工的恶监工,态度恶劣占小便宜损人利己的舍监夫妻档,无视雇工二十岁便可获得工资的规定为占雇工两年免费劳力而恶意篡改契约上的生辰的工厂少东家,支持废奴运动但其家族在多米尼加却有一个种植园的少东家的妈,凡此种种都难以让人把当时的英国同天堂划等号。
"Heaven will smile upon us, posterity shall applaud us, and when our hour comes and we have to quit this vale of tears, and go to our great account. We shall look back to the struggles we have made in the cause of justice, peace and kindness. Our last moments will be cheered by the reflections that we have contributed something to chase vice, injustice and oppression from the earth, and we shall go down to our graves with peace and satisfaction, knowing that we have bequeathed a brighter and happier inheritance to our children than it was our lot to be born to."