Set in a fictional English town devastated by a spate of shootings which take place over a single day, Southcliffe is an anthem to ordinary people's ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness. When journalist David Whitehead returns to his childhood home to report on the shootings, he finds a town ripped apart by violence and sudden bereavement. As David searches for answers, his story interweaves with those closest to the victims of the tragedy, revealing their lives before, during and after the killings.