London - Dublin, 1741-42.


An actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband.


A penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the city's abandoned infants.


An African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity.


A grieving political dissident seeks release from his torment.


And a great composer to kings - George Frideric Handel - now ill and straining to keep an audience's attention, faces a decision that will secure his place in history.




Evoking a pivotal moment at the birth of modernity, a time of fear, conspiracy and uprising, and featuring some of the most unusual and brilliant personalities of the eighteenth century, Every Valley is a cinematic and moving drama of hope in the darkness and the entangled lives that shaped a masterpiece.