HOLDING HANDS AT PASCHENDALE takes us back to the killing flields of World War One, where the bravest of men crumbled before the scenes of horror around them. Cockney MO COUTTS and his brother Charlie fought side by side for two years. After Charlie’s death, MO’s nerve fails him – an unforgivable crime. Owing to this ‘cowardice’ in the heat of battle, he finds himself handcuffed to a dour, tough talking Belfast squaddie: WILLIE HARVEY. The two men are forced to spend four unremitting days and nights, shackled together until the impending court martial. Each is confronted with the other’s tragic predicament.
