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

Audrey dreams of a life of adventure even as she plans for a future as a homemaker. But when an unex..

1937. Shy but determined Tilly Truscott leaves her Hampshire home to train as a nurse at the Royal C..

It is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital o..

January 1945. The end of the war at last feels within reach and the Rowntrees workers dream of retur..

When Florrie Maltby refuses to marry Gervase Richards she sets off a chain of events that will alter..

1939. Norma is pregnant. And when the man who promised to marry her is arrested for murder she has o..

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

Harry Blenheim wasn't what you might call a good-looking fellow but his face was full of character w..

June 1940. Despite losing her mother at a young age and her father away on important war work 17-yea..

Hetty Gilbert is a canal child with no permanent address so when she needs to join the library she c..

Cliffehaven 1947. In the wake of heartbreaking loss Roisin Reilly makes a promise to her granddaught..

Bolton Lancashire: 1943. Livvy knows that her family's survival rests on her shoulders - with her pa..

As the Great War rages Jack's toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street Durham is threa..

Slung out from her home and onto the slum streets of Manchester at the tender age of twelve Perdita ..

London's East End 1940. A frightened young woman gives birth to a tiny baby. Clearly alone she refus..

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

In defending herself against her brutal husband 18-year-old Ruby Clark is forced to flee London. She..

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

York 1940. World War Two has arrived for the girls of the Rowntree's factory and with rationing crip..

Seven years ago Charlotte Russell's father walked out on her family. Ever since the task of caring f..

Manchester 1940: the minute war was declared best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home gu..

It's the late 1950s and change is in the air. For the Napier family up at the big house the old ways..

Gilly Jenkins is the third generation to bake for her family firm. Also on Bread Street in the same ..

Austria 1938. Anne von Korvacs watches in horror as Hitler's tanks roll through the streets of Vienn..

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

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

Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend shocked to hear she's going to marry a guy she's..

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

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

London 1923. Cyril Black is finally out of prison. Rather than going home to his wife and son he vis..

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

Ever since the death of her beloved husband Peter Caroline's life in Bath has not been the same. Fri..

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

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

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

When the Gallachers received an invitation from the Duke of Moorshire to attend an evening at Lea Ha..

Holderness 1988. Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about t..

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

When Daisy’s family lose their croft on the Connemara coast her Aunt Jane housekeeper to Dr and Mr..

Can she finally put herself first in order to find love? Peggy Cassidy is a milly working in the Bel..

On her deathbed Lucy Fallow’s mother makes her promise to look after her younger siblings and keep..

Sisters Alice and Annie have always been close but will a man come between them? Annie and Alice lov..

It is 1964 and fun-loving Rita has her dream job working as a nanny for a huge popstar and his famil..

1925 a damp wintry night in Berlin. Englishman Philip Gibson in Germany to seek the answers to a tan..

Now that her family is grown content in the knowledge that she loves them Lucy Henshaw decides she i..

Liverpool 1848. Meg Shaw is the middle child of eight siblings not old enough to bring in a wage to ..

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

Laura Collins is struggling to make a good life for her daughters Tess and Tina. So when she is offe..

When Lucy's estranged mother dies unexpectedly her grief is overwhelming. Lucy was disowned when she..

London 1916. It’s only when her father dies that Louisa and her mother realise just how much debt ..

Dora and her old enemy Lucy are paired up on the children's ward for the final three months of their..

In Battenbun Northumberland there live four Puddleton men - Grandpop Old Popo Pop and Peter. Three o..

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

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

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

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

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

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

The war to end all wars has come to an end and Nell Tanner is overjoyed to have her father home. But..

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

Bridget Kittrick headstrong and independent is ready to show her worth when she's left in charge of ..

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

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

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

As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore Sarah Fuller and her sister Jane are forced to leav..

Polly living in grinding poverty loses her mother in childbirth and finds herself alone on the stree..

Kent 1828. Lizzie Carey of Castle Bay is trapped in a life she never chose - endless days of cooking..

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

Chambermaid Fanny is thanking her lucky stars she has had a second chance at life. As an unmarried m..

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

Yorkshire 1915. Mary Cooper has worked at Stonedale Mill for many years and wants to contribute to ..

Blackpool 1903. When young Elisha loses her parents she clings to Primula Cottage - the only home he..

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

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

1890. Alice is the sole bread-winner for her family working at the local cotton mill. But when she s..

In a small seaside town popular with summer visitors Cecily and Ada run their father's grocery shop...

Growing up in Birmingham Sylvia and Audrey Whitehouse have always been like chalk and cheese. When t..

Prudence Dudley was a woman who appeared to have everything: an undeniably attractive woman who had ..

Young Jeanette Walker often wonders what became of her mother who disappeared without trace during a..

The Broadhursts were a mining family and to outsiders they appeared to be happy loyal and united. Bu..

London 1941. The war has robbed eight-year-old orphan Elsie of everything except her older brother J..

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

The year is 1944 and in South Wales 17-year-old pit miner's daughter Rosa Edwards has just secured a..

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

1938 Britain and Germany are on the brink of war and tension and fear is felt throughout Europe. In ..

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