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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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