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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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