The Mercy StepSet in 1960s Bradford, The Mercy Step follows Mercy, a precocious young child facing a world far too big for her small body. She lives with her Windrush generation parents in a crowded household where her mother's attention is stretched between church and family, and her father's temper is something to be endured or avoided. Feeling like an outsider within her own home, Mercy retreats into books and the companionship of her beloved doll, Dolly, while

His mother was one of a handful of women to have operated behind the lines in post-war Berlin

learning new skills

the kids ran free

social and political life: the creation of the welfare state

a deep and original thinker

By being the best magician in the world

and to restore to this betrayed

An invitation to the Bunnies' Smut Salon leads Samantha down a dark rabbit hole (pun intended) into the violently surreal world of their off-campus Workshops where monstrous creations are conjured with wondrous yet deadly consequences

they form an unbreakable bond nurtured by their grandmother's stories

After the death of her master

Lucian Freud

and he gave speeches in town halls and on the radio