The Little House is a drama series based on the novel by Philippa  Gregory. The drama follows the story of Ruth, who is married to career  minded Patrick and is pushed towards the limits of her own sanity when  she becomes entangled in the lives of her wealthy but interfering  in-laws Elizabeth and Frederick.
After falling unexpectedly pregnant, Ruth finds herself swept along on a  tide of apparently well-intentioned family gestures which leave the  previously independent school teacher detached from her former city life  and living in ‘the little house’ at the end of her in-laws’ driveway.