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

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

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

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

1945 Sunderland. Ida Boulter makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave her five children behind as..

Victoria is astonished when she discovers an abandoned newborn baby on her doorstep along with a not..

Carrie Anderson's business selling books at her local train station is thriving and with her beloved..

Holcombe Hall 1931. Florrie Bickerstaff has finally settled in as the new Housekeeper of Holcombe Ha..

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

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

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

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

It's late summer 1940 and Isla Donahue's idyllic lifestyle comes to an abrupt end when her father se..

Liverpool 1847. At 17 Delilah Shaw is the eldest of the eight Shaw siblings and the one who must tak..

1950. Seventeen-year-old Josephine Cliffe and her younger sister Eliza have the perfect lives wantin..

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

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

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

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

July 1936. After an unexpected heartbreak and a nasty accident on a busy Liverpool street Lara Flynn..

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

October 1941. Despite the hardships of life during wartime Bobby Bancroft has never been happier. En..

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

In the Nightingale Hospital Matron Helen finds herself playing surrogate mother to her newly disco..

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

There were plenty around Fellburn who said Maggie Rowan was as plain as a pikestaff a woman consumed..

After falling pregnant unexpectedly 16-year-old Catrin is devastated when her neglectful father send..

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

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

Sylvia Joy and Pearl are preparing to compete in a major national ballroom competition - not easy in..

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

Will she find the strength to start again? When Jenny Gregory leaves wartime London for the quiet to..

Spring 1942. After a difficult few years with her husband Victor Prue's life is about to change in a..

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

London October 1940. Dot is finding her independence and takes a full-time role as an ARP warden. As..

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

Sarah is lonely. Living in a small Yorkshire village with just her grandmother for company she longs..

May 1943. The tide of war has turned at last with an Allied victory looking increasingly certain but..

1952. With smog blanketing London little Grace is in trouble. Her grandmother is dangerously ill but..

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

Victoria is on her way to Churchwood looking for a life away from the dangers of wartime London for ..

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

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

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

In 1860’s Yorkshire a woman’s fortune belongs to her husband - regardless of a so-called-gentlem..

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

When war is declared Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mining town of H..

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

BLACKPOOL 1914. Seventeen-year-old Maddie has grown up in a boarding house on one of Blackpool's poo..

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

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

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

October 1941. Marianne Fordham has a lot to cope with. As well as taking care of her young daughter ..

Gosport 1943. Eadie Joy and Maureen are all doing their bit to help Britain win the war. Their work ..

London 1930s. Years after she first fled to South Shields Cathy is known by everyone as the landlady..

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

When orphaned Jake Harding is sent away from his adoptive home aged just seven he does not understan..

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

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

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

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

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

Georgina Corrigan is dead! It must be true. It has been printed in the newspapers. How does one prov..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Manchester December 1940. This winter the girls boarding at Star House - Betty Sally and Lorna - are..

In A Wartime Christmas at Rookery House former cook Hettie Brown hears some shocking news making her..

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

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

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

Rowntree's Factory York 1935. The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on..

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

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

When Olive receives a letter in the post from the father of her daughter - American soldier Joe - sh..

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

January 1942. With female conscription now in place the Spitfire production line at the Bell Works F..

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

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

East London 1916. The Sanctuary Lane Animal Hospital is proving a huge success. For its founder Ruby..

As the bombs fall three women are forced to remake their lives… When the uniform factory is reduce..

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

Seventeen-year-old Elise Bouchard has always called Northern France home. But when her English fathe..