Broadcast: Sept. 23-Dec. 9, 1979. The shy but blossoming beauty, Lydia Aspen, brings love --and tragedy-- into the lives of four young men in the post-war England scarred by depression. The story begins when Lydia's father has recently died and she has taken to gloomy Aspen Park to live with two spinster aunts. Reporter Edward Richardson is sent to interview the eccentric Aspen family and find out what plans have been made for Lydia. He meets Lydia, asks her to go skating, and promptly falls in love. The Lydia he meets is a shy, awkward teenager. The Lydia who emerges through their blossoming relationship is a beautiful, mysterious woman who puts men hopelessly under her spell.
