Over the last 12 months, ten members of the public have been recording their experiences and responses to events in the news to contribute to this review of the year. The programme includes films from a trainee surgeon in Aberdeen, struggling with long hours, to a nun in an enclosed order; from a soldier reluctantly embarking on a tour of duty in Northern Ireland, to a seed and plant breeder hoping to break a world record with his giant petunia.
Their stories touch on the major issues of the day: an estate agent decides whether to send his children to private school, a fisherman faces a make-or-break year financially and a protest or against the Criminal Justice Bill gets caught up in rioting. Their reactions to events, both in their own lives and in the news, provide a very human, unique view of Britain today.........