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

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

17-year-old Alice Tozer comes as a maid to the Tozers' farm in Burracombe in the spring of 1918. She..

Nineteen-year-old April Wilton has just enlisted in the WRENs in Portsmouth where she works servicin..

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

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

Tasmania 1929: Ten-year-old-twins Tom and Harry Abbott are orphaned by a tragedy that shocks Hobart ..

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

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

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

A new century brings change to Eden Harris's ordered world. Despite years of service to the Bradbury..

Heiress Tara Nankervis is beautiful yet pained. She is forced to share a devastating secret with her..

Young Luke Tyler has everything going for him: brains looks and a larrikin charm that turns heads. T..

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

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

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

1879: Shipwrecked off the west coast of Australia Louisa Reynolds is aided by an aboriginal girl and..

Born out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen Lucy Pocket has spent all her life with her di..

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

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

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

With her dreams of dominating Melbourne's fashion scene in tatters Nella Martini returns to Torrente..

Lancashire 1930s. When her mother dies leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's iden..

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

Working at the Foyles bookshop was Molly Cooper's dream job. But with the country at war she's deter..

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

1945. War is over and people are celebrating but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire Judith..

Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-m..

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

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

The hedonism of London in the roaring twenties is a world away from Annabel Tarleton's ordinary coun..

1943. After the heartache of the previous year Connie Baxter now appears to have everything a girl c..

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

Mirabel Cutler was raised by her father to be a lady. But when he dies suddenly Mirabel finds hersel..

After the death of her parents in a bombing raid Mary Jones discovers a secret in her father’s dia..

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a ch..

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

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

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

Living in the Stationmaster's cottage at Partick Carrie Burgess leads a charmed life cushioned from ..

As the war takes its toll the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country…Dora is th..

Edinburgh Yuletide 1743. Seconded back from the wars in Europe to captain the city’s Town Guard Ro..

Scotland 1722: on a windswept island an enigmatic poetess foretells tragedy and the birth of an extr..

After a stray bomb destroyed his childhood home the only thing that has kept Francis Brady going is ..

It's Christmas Eve 1920 when Abby Kirby's family is ripped apart. Leaving everything she's ever know..

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

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

From the age of eight Charity Crosse has been living with her grandfather and begging on the streets..

Germany 1939: Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport unsure that she'll ever see her parents agai..

Aurora Pettigrew has a loving family a nice home a comfortable life. She's waiting for the right man..

Britain is at war and May Lynch loves the life she’s leading as a pilot and poster girl for the Ai..

Despite her privileged upbringing Daisy Lennox has always longed to make something of her life. She ..

She's on trial for murder. . . Now it's her turn to tell her story. . . The truth is that I loved Ja..

It is 1907. Liverpool is a bustling and busy city. Sisters Livvie and Amy Goodwin are just 16 and 13..

Rationing bombing disease and pit disasters are part of Rose Kelly's World War 2 childhood. When the..

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

Halifax 1876. On the death of her mother and sister Isabelle Gibson is left to fend for herself and ..

1864. Following the untimely death of her cold-hearted husband Beatrix and her three children are fi..

Rose has a promising future stretching out before her until a cruel twist of fate seizes it. Will sh..

The Great War is over and Millie is ready to leave her loving family home and be a wife to Jeremy. B..

Join the Marsh family again as they spend Christmas with Millie and Jeremy at Chateau Dumont. It's a..

Daniel has lived his whole life with his mother adoptive father and his stepbrothers and sister in a..

In the small mining village of Meryen a dark secret lurks…Amy Lewarne finds her life changed forev..

Since escaping his family’s notoriety in Australia Will Kidd has been content to live the life of ..

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

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

In the mid-1850s life for an orphan was grim as Kirsten MacGregor discovered when her parents died s..

Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry and it falls to her to become sol..

Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

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

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

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

On the day that her youngest child leaves home Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a mat..

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

September 1940. As Luftwaffe bombs rain from the skies over London the women of Lavender Road are fi..

Cathie Kinrade is used to hardship. Growing up in a fishing community on the Isle of Man in the 1930..

It’s 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Be..

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

1939. When the man Georgie has always loved is sent to France on a secret mission every knock of the..

When forest protests engulf a tiny Tasmanian timber town one family's century of secrets threatens t..

Eighteen-year-old Connie Baxter works as an usherette at the Criterion Picture House in Gosport. Her..

London 1950Peggy Ronoscki is happily settling into life running her guesthouse on Mulberry Lane surr..

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

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

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

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

In the wake of World War Two the whole country is desperate for houses with very little money availa..