An interview with Cullercoats artist Penelope Payne exploring her herring lass works, reflections on Hill & Adamson's The Fishermen and Women of the Firth of Forth and Winslow Homer's Cullercoats paintings, lots of stuff about fishwives, fisher lasses, herring girls and herring lasses, guest appearances by Keith McIntyre and Catriona Macdonald,.. What more could anybody want?

00:20 An Introduction featuring Keith McIntyre as Professor John Wilson; 03:10 Penelope Payne on Fish Wives; 07:29 Hill, Adamson and Twa Bonnie Lasses; 15:50 Penelope Payne and Winslow Homer; 21:30 Curing herrings: the learning curve; 25:00 The herring lasses; 31:50 Penelope Payne's Weight of Salt; 37:40 Herring girls on strike featuring Catriona Macdonald as Christine Jackman; 42:00 Penelope Payne's Horizons; 56:05 Acknowledgements.