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

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

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

Her name was Hannah Boyle but to the people of the village she would always be 'The Girl' - Matthew ..

In the dead of night a young woman is found on the doorstep of the House of Help for Friendless Girl..

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

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

England 1940s. Minnie has spent most of her life feeling like a plain Jane watching things happen ar..

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

Someone had once told Emma Molinero the daughter of an itinerant carnival performer that she was mad..

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

York 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm...

1931 Cornwall. Gwenna Rosdew had no choice but to step up as head of the family after her father was..

1916 Scotland. Five years after leading a strike at the sewing factory newly pregnant Ellen is rushe..

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

Sep McGilby always said that Emily Kennedy had a happy face. And at 16 Emily had a lot to be glad ab..

When World War II breaks out Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the h..

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

Manchester 1960. When you're young unmarried and pregnant in a shaming society that will never under..

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

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

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

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

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

Poachers and dealmakers the Griffiths family have always managed to scrape by on the edge of the law..

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

Nan Turpin is in trouble again accused of stealing. She's guilty. Cast out by her family she turns t..

Clydebank 1911. Ellen works at the Sewing Machine factory. So does her sister Bridget Bridget's fian..

With no one to rely on she must make an unthinkable choice… Mari Evans has always known life would..

In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street Durham. A..

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

May 1910. The village of Oystertown is home to those who make their living from the sea. Yet social ..

Summer 1916. Despite the misery of war in the air some things in the small hamlet of Strawbridge rem..

Ireland 1848. The potato famine has left the Cavanah family destitute. Kitty and Peter manage to sec..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As World War II takes its toll on Liverpool only friendship and community can keep the women of Weav..

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

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

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

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

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

It's been several years since Kitty Cavanah's life was turned upside down when her family made the p..

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

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

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

1944 the darkest days of the war. Trixie and Vi are back in Gosport and doing their bit to help Brit..

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

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

Lancashire 1929. Holcombe Hall's enigmatic owner has passed away and as the roaring 20s come to an e..

The eldest of three children Kate helps her mother run the Devlin plait-school. They supply the mate..

Livia Blake has lost her husband and faces a crossroads. Her friend suggests she would make an excel..

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

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

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

To outsiders Dr Paul Higgins' life appeared to be happy and contented. Everyone had a good word for ..

In the brooding north country hills a man and a woman fought for the passion they felt for each othe..

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

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

The year of 1947 is almost upon them and the community of Cliffehaven is still reeling from the trag..

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

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

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

Missing home Rachel seizes the opportunity to train as a district nurse in a village near Rochdale e..

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

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

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

Tammy and her mother Grace are desperate to escape Tammy's violent bully of a father. But when an un..

June 1941. When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to take a job as a reporter on The Tyke magazin..

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

When Angie marries her sweetheart Quentin and moves into Cuthford Manor to begin their new life toge..

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

Agnes Cavanah has watched her mother Kitty struggle to put food on the table ever since they crossed..

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

Having recently arrived in England abandoned by her father and brother Isabella is left to look afte..

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

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

England 1943. With Christmas days away the land girls of Gosling Farm are full of merriment. Only Lo..

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

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

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