Len Green ( Pete Postlethwaite ) is a bank robber . During his long career as a getaway driver , he has served many sentences and spent a fair proportion of his life behind bars . Now middle-aged , with a very expensive house , bought with the proceeds of the robberies , and an attractive wife , Gloria ( Geraldine James ) and five daughters , four of whom are grown up – Faith ( Claire Rushbrook ) , Hope ( Kaye Wragg ) , Chastity ( Laura Rogers ) , Charity ( Caroline Hayes ) and Dolores ( Billie Cook ) ( the only one who is still a child ) – to whom he is devoted , he resolves to change his lifestyle and " go straight " . But having joined his Uncle Irwin ( Frank Finlay ) in the family firm of undertakers , he is faced with many temptations , in the form of the seven deadly sins , which test his resolve to stay out of trouble . Len 's friends ask him to help out with one last robbery . His wife , who ca n't accept that she will no longer have a steady income , steals a priceless necklace , which Len vows to return . And after so many years in prison , Len asks himself the questions : does his wife still love him ? And can he still satisfy her in bed ? Producer Liza Marshall won a Royal Television Society Award for Best Newcomer in 2001 , and Ivory an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Miniseries in 2002 . In the 2001 BAFTAs , the series was nominated for Best Actor ( Postlethwaite ) , Best Actress ( James ) and Best Drama Series ( Marshall and Ivory ) , but won none of these categories
2001 BAFTAs
British Academy Television Awards 2001
The Sins