If you're born with nothing you have to make your own luck. When Jared Johnson first meets Clarice C..

Following a scandalous affair wayward Emma Devaney is sent in disgrace from her home in Ireland to R..

Growing up without the care of a loving family made Anna Golding fiercely independent. So when war b..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

East London 1915. While the man she loves is away fighting Lily Larkin wakes up at dawn to carry cra..

It has finally happened! The war is over and Europe rejoices. May 1945 - VE Day. After battling agai..

Thea's loathsome stepbrother is trying to trick her out of her inheritance of her parents' beautiful..

When Thomas Grant - one of the most eligible young men in London - proposes to Annabel Seaton she ca..

Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland newly stationed at the MacKay estate. When th..

1916. East London. When 16-year-old Clover Cooper's mother Iris calls her home from work one day the..

Monica Eustace and Joan McDonald met as next-door-neighbours living in Mersey View in Liverpool. Tho..

September 1940_x000D__x000D_With harvest approaching land girl Daphne is busier than ever as she plo..

Glasgow 1943. After becoming pregnant out of wedlock only to find out her betrothed was already marr..

The Batleys and the Cadwells owned neighbouring farms on the beautiful wild Northumbrian coast. But ..

Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia. She's not intending to stay long but after track..

Motherhood is every woman's right and the natural outcome of a happy marriage. But what then when a ..

November 1942. Even during wartime the glitz and glamour of the ballroom shines through at Christmas..

Little Max is growing day by day and Joan is adjusting to her new life. But in her heart of hearts s..

When Maisie Vasey leaves her husband and brings her daughter to live on Pendragon Island she causes ..

1864. Following the untimely death of her cold-hearted husband Beatrix and her three children are fi..

Manchester 1943. Emily is enjoying her new job as a station porter until she learns that a trusted f..

Left homeless after the Exeter Blitz May must find a job if she's to put a roof over her head and he..

1939. The threat of war is looming over Blackpool but Martha and Trisha are determined not to let it..

A small Welsh town hosts a lively and varied community - and none more so than Nelly Luke the cheerf..

With the approach of war about to bring heartache to families all over England Elsie Mead longs to d..

When her father dies Abigail Newman is forced to leave her mother and the vicarage she was raised in..

Now that her brood had left the nest Fanny McBride a large cheerful and indomitable Tyneside widow h..

The South Wales village of Hen Carw Parc is a haven of rural peace. But times are changing and altho..

Meg just wants her family to be together at Christmas. But her mother's illness gets worse every day..

After being orphaned as a child Mary is taken in by her mother’s friend - and ex-prostitute - Nell..

July 1941 As the war grinds on Lady Joanna Harcourt knows that her time at Goodwill House is drawing..

Kent 1953. The Woolworths Erith store a beloved cornerstone of the community faces closure if the De..

Living in Victorian Oxfordshire Poppy Woods has suffered neglect and cruelty from her very first bre..

Blackpool 1918. _x000D_Martha is 17 and alone in the world. Of Irish decent her flashing green eyes..

The truth is Ella is hiding from a scandal. A scandal that drove her family out of their beloved Lan..

Clemmie throws herself into volunteering with the very organisation who helped her and her sisters w..

Blackpool 1922. Martha and Trisha may have escaped poverty but their fortunes have yet to turn. Blis..

Summer 1953. The sun is shining on Little Green Street the bunting is being brought out and Britain ..

1943. After the heartache of the previous year Connie Baxter now appears to have everything a girl c..

Lancashire 1895. When her controlling stepfather suddenly dies it seems that Elinor Pendleton finall..

Janet and Hywel Griffiths dream of seeing their son Frank happily married but Mair the daughter of t..

England 1913. Eighteen-year-old Rose Strong has loved childhood friend Michael Redfern for as long a..

Sixteen-year-old Charlotte Kirby believes she's all alone in the world when her mother is killed in ..

As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..

Cleethorpes - 1940. As the new year dawns the show at the Empire comes to an end and it's time for t..

Liverpool 1942. Though they may be posted miles apart Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronge..

Naomi is fighting to free herself from Alexander Harrington who married her for her money and kept a..

London Spring 1920. Harpers is beginning to flourish once more after the end of the war but for Sall..

Fiercely independent Marguerite Sinclair has the opportunity of a lifetime to become a nurse and con..

Cock Shield Farm 1881. After Molly Geary finds herself pregnant with landowner Angus McBain's child ..

Roddy Greenbank was brought by his father to the remote Northumberland community of Langley in the a..

Leaving Liverpool behind Libby Gilbert embarks on a transformative journey to London with her newfou..

Lancashire 1930s. When her mother dies leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's iden..

Liverpool 1939. Olivia Campbell appears to have the perfect life. However behind closed doors she li..

Lancashire 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name and a brave step towards a happier life. Sudde..

At the end of Hawthorn Close there is a charming park which boasts two magnificent magnolia trees an..

When Cissie Brody was 15 fever swept the English countryside killing her parents and leaving her to ..

Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born his mother had ..

1922. After the horrors of the Great War the close-knit Truscott family returns to everyday life on ..

Hucknall 1941. Female conscription looms and three women arrive at the Bell Works Factory to work on..

Manchester 1942. When Cordelia's daughter Emily falls for a young chap who doesn't meet the approval..

Edward Jenkins dreams of opening a sports shop in the Welsh town of Pendragon Island. Then his ambit..

1912. Fifteen-year-old Kate Truscott leaves her small Hampshire village to become a nursemaid to fiv..

October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper but s..

Life on the Fifteen Streets was a continual struggle for survival. John O'Brien grew up in abject po..

August 1940. The war is raging in Europe but on the home front conflict still seems far away. Dot li..

Devon 1918. When Jessie Hale loses her nursing job she leaves London to become the nurse maid to the..

June 1914. Edie Moore is a Governess for Lord and Lady Moreland living comfortably at the grand Down..

As a small child Nellie Peace was always dreaming but sensed her mother’s rejection. Abandoned and..

1939. When the man Georgie has always loved is sent to France on a secret mission every knock of the..

Orphaned Jenny and her chimney sweep brother Noah eke out life in a cellar dwelling in the heart of ..

Kate has always found life on Brimbles Farm difficult but she is struggling more than ever to find t..

An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream but not so for Paula. She's happy and secure in Wes..

Rodney Prince a doctor who chose to work amongst the poor of Newcastle to the shame of his beautiful..

Blackpool summer 1942._x000D_Meet the Ballroom Girls: Sylvia Pearl and Joy. Three girls dancing thro..

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a ch..

Deep in the wild fen country Rosamund Morley lived a cloistered poverty-stricken existence with her ..

Ever since her mother died Martha Mary had had to take over the running of her home a sprawling mans..

Pendragon Island is the perfect place for holidays with a stretch of clean golden sand and a gloriou..

Lancashire 1940. Janie and her husband James have a strong loving marriage. A move from an inner-cit..

Jessie Price has travelled the drovers' roads from South Wales to London's Smithfield Market and bec..

May 1941. Three young women join the war effort during the Yorkshire Blitz. Connie an ARP warden per..

Cambridgeshire - 1941_x000D_As the war rages on in Europe it brings untold heartache to the Talbot f..

Christmas time is fast approaching at Mary Vale and newcomer Libby is ready to start a fresh chapter..

Proud and canny ignorant and intensely ambitious Hannah Massey is a born ruler. Her kingdom may only..

Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death Stella comes into some money unexpecte..

March 1941. After Flo Butterworth loses everything in Manchester's Christmas Blitz she decides to le..