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

1939. When war sends five displaced children to her door Dodie Fitznorton knows life will never be t..

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

When Rachel Booker’s father dies deep in debt her mother must harden herself to make ends meet. Mo..

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

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

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

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

Liverpool 1942. As the threat of war draws closer Isla Donahue seeks solace in her sweetheart Rory. ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When 16-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast she is terrified by what lies ahead o..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Kent 1822. Fearing for his life Thomas Marsh has fled Castle Bay and found work as a mill hand deep ..

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

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

It is 1942 and England is at war. Mary Jones has just celebrated her 18th birthday and said goodbye ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lincolnshire 1854. After much reflection Caroline Lawson has accepted Max Cavendish's marriage propo..

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

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

Jenny starts her training as a nanny but does she have what it takes - and will her family survive w..

Naomi is upset to find a nasty anonymous letter land on her doorstep. Who could've sent something li..

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

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

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

Evacuated to the countryside she realises there are more dangers than German bombs in wartime… Can..

As Europe edges closer to war Bella's world is focused on avoiding a future like her mother's. She d..

Alice and Isaac have been close friends since childhood but their paths diverge when they discover t..

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

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

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

West Yorkshire, 1897. A new mistress for Lockwood Mill. Verity Lockwood despises life at Far View Ho..

Circumstances force eight-year-old Sarah Scrase and her widowed mother Ellen to enter the notorious ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 1941. Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destr..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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