Produced by Oscar-nominated writer Jeff Pope, Isolation Stories will attempt to depict what families are going through after weeks of isolation.

As such, the four episodes will feature moments that are “funny, sad, heartwarming and poignant”, according to ITV.

Here’s what you need to know about each episode…

Isolation Stories: Mel

When it’s on: Monday 4 May at 9pm

What it’s about: Alone, heavily pregnant, and fed up with life, Mel (Sheridan Smith) faces having to go through birth without the married father of her child – who has chosen to stay with his wife and family – and without her own family, who have given her the cold shoulder.

She might be the only person in the country who doesn’t mind isolation. At least everyone else will understand what it’s like to be miserable…

Isolation Stories: Ron & Russell

When it’s on: Tuesday 5 May at 9pm

What it’s about: Ron (Robert Glenister) is ill with the virus and is confused about where he is and what’s happening to him. One of his sons, Russell (Tom Glenister), is trapped and isolating with him.

Their relationship is already strained and old wounds are reopened as they are forced to spend all their time together. Russell becomes increasingly frantic as he tries to help Ron through the illness.

Isolation Stories: Mike & Rochelle

When it’s on: Wednesday 6 May at 9pm

What it’s about: The worst fears of paranoid, self-absorbed hypochondriac Mike (Darren Boyd) have come true. There is an unstoppable virus that affects us all, and you can catch it just by breathing!

He insists on an online session with his psychiatrist Rochelle (Angela Griffin) who must try and talk him down from the precipice. But who really is the patient, and who is the shrink?

Isolation Stories: Karen

When it’s on: Thursday 7 May at 9pm

What it’s about: A grandad (David Threlfall) resolves to bring his broken family together by… well, by being a grandad. Able to pass by his son-in-law’s house on the way to the grocery store, he stops off outside their window to lark about and make his grandkids smile. But his son-in-law (Eddie Marsan), still suffering after his wife Karen left him, doesn’t welcome these daily visits.

ITV’s Isolation Stories, starring Sheridan Smith, is the lockdown TV we all need right now