Setagainstthebackdropofaremoteloch-sideScottishholidaycabinparkandsetoverthecourseofonesinglerainysummer’sday,Summerwaterlooksatthesimmeringtensionsbetweenholidaymakersthateventuallyeruptintoadevastatingclimax.Weavingtogetherthelivesofseveralfamiliesastheynavigateunspokenconflicts,privatedilemmas,andfleetingmomentsofbeautyfromtheirdisparatecabins,theserieswilltakeanunflinchingbutempatheticlookathumannatureacrossgenerations.Eachepisodewillspotlightoneortwooftheensembleofcharacters,spanningfromyoungchildrentoyoungloverstoreminiscingpensioners,tobuildasubversive,oftenwitty,andalwaysrivetingportraitofthenationonedgethatismodernBritain.
Athrillingandcompulsivedramaaboutnature,family,sex,class,toleranceandthefruitlesspursuitofholidayescapism,Summerwaterexaminesthestrengthofcommunityindividedtimes.