夏日湖畔

Set against the backdrop of a remote loch-side Scottish holiday cabin park, Summerwater explores the simmering tensions between holidaymakers that eventually erupt into a devastating climax. The series weaves together the lives of several families as they navigate unspoken conflicts, private dilemmas, and fleeting moments of beauty from their disparate cabins. Each episode spotlights one or two of the ensemble of characters, spanning from young children to young lovers to reminiscing pensioners, to build a subversive, often witty, and always riveting portrait of the nation on edge that is modern Britain. Summerwater examines the strength of community in divided times through its examination of nature, family, sex, class, tolerance, and the fruitless pursuit of holiday escapism.