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

Spring 1942. Lizzie is making plans for her wedding with fiance Bill. But preparations during wartim..

William and Emma Sinclair have settled into life at Moorend Farm in North Yorkshire and live happily..

A small Welsh town hosts a lively and varied community - and none more so than Nelly Luke the cheerf..

1915. While World War One changes the country with food becoming scarce and Britain's young men bein..

Summer 1953. The sun is shining on Little Green Street the bunting is being brought out and Britain ..

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

When Maisie Vasey leaves her husband and brings her daughter to live on Pendragon Island she causes ..

When the parish guardians send Lydia daughter of convict James Knowles to apprentice in the cotton m..

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

Annabella LaGrange was the only child of a wealthy family owners of a glassworks in the North-East o..

The cinder path which led from the Northumberland farmhouse would always symbolise defeat for Charli..

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

Meg just wants her family to be together at Christmas. But her mother's illness gets worse every day..

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

Liverpool 1942. Though they may be posted miles apart Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronge..

Lancashire 1895. When her controlling stepfather suddenly dies it seems that Elinor Pendleton finall..

In Western Australia Sarah chuckles as she describes her final will and testament - which will throw..

Summer 1916. Despite the misery of war in the air some things in the small hamlet of Strawbridge rem..

The Batleys and the Cadwells owned neighbouring farms on the beautiful wild Northumbrian coast. But ..

When her father dies Abigail Newman is forced to leave her mother and the vicarage she was raised in..

Hucknall 1941. Female conscription looms and three women arrive at the Bell Works Factory to work on..

Manchester 1942. When Cordelia's daughter Emily falls for a young chap who doesn't meet the approval..

Cleethorpes - 1940. As the new year dawns the show at the Empire comes to an end and it's time for t..

Cambridgeshire - 1941_x000D_As the war rages on in Europe it brings untold heartache to the Talbot f..

When Kate Mitchell was offered the job of part-time secretary at Tor-Fret a lonely old house on the ..

November 1942. Even during wartime the glitz and glamour of the ballroom shines through at Christmas..

The Llewelyn family's livelihood largely depends on the ferry run by Siona Llewelyn the kindly yet r..

Manchester 1943. Emily is enjoying her new job as a station porter until she learns that a trusted f..

Her wedding day should have been the happiest day of Mavis Kendricks' life. Marrying handsome Sam th..

Edward Jenkins dreams of opening a sports shop in the Welsh town of Pendragon Island. Then his ambit..

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

Cece is gifted a cottage in the Scottish Highlands. She doesn't want a cottage or to go to Scotland...

Ever since her mother died Martha Mary had had to take over the running of her home a sprawling mans..

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

1942. Determined to do her bit for the war effort Yorkshire lass Evie Sinclair leaves her island hom..

High above the river stood the small terrace of miners' cottages known as Fenwick Houses. And here d..

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

After the death of their parents sisters Poppy and Rose are taken in by widow Nellie Harper. But whi..

Deep in the wild fen country Rosamund Morley lived a cloistered poverty-stricken existence with her ..

It's August 1917 and WW1 continues to take a toll. The villagers of Dorcalon try to keep hope alive;..

Alice moves to the village of Churchwood with her retired father just as WWII breaks out. She is des..

Orphaned Jenny and her chimney sweep brother Noah eke out life in a cellar dwelling in the heart of ..

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

Living in Victorian Oxfordshire Poppy Woods has suffered neglect and cruelty from her very first bre..

October 1940. When VAD nurse Evie narrowly escapes being killed in an air raid during the London Bli..

1942. Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub isn't fulfilling 19-year-old Trix..

Manchester 1940. By day Betty works cheerfully with her best friend Sally now the manager of the sal..

Blackpool summer 1942._x000D_Meet the Ballroom Girls: Sylvia Pearl and Joy. Three girls dancing thro..

It is 1919 and Liverpool has been devastated by World War I. Sons husbands and fathers have been los..

Cock Shield Farm 1881. After Molly Geary finds herself pregnant with landowner Angus McBain's child ..

When Cissie Brody was 15 fever swept the English countryside killing her parents and leaving her to ..

Little Max is growing day by day and Joan is adjusting to her new life. But in her heart of hearts s..

Sixteen-year-old Charlotte Kirby believes she's all alone in the world when her mother is killed in ..

March 1941. After Flo Butterworth loses everything in Manchester's Christmas Blitz she decides to le..

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

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

1912. Fifteen-year-old Kate Truscott leaves her small Hampshire village to become a nursemaid to fiv..

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

Roddy Greenbank was brought by his father to the remote Northumberland community of Langley in the a..

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

August 1940. The war is raging in Europe but on the home front conflict still seems far away. Dot li..

Left homeless after the Exeter Blitz May must find a job if she's to put a roof over her head and he..

With Mulberry Lane's favourite pub The Pig & Whistle undergoing renovation proprietors Peggy and Abl..

1914. Evie Munro is a Scottish fisher girl working the herring season from Wick to Great Yarmouth. F..

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

Norfolk 1944. Phylly is a Land Girl on Catchetts Farm. She and her friend Gracie are doing their bit..

The truth is Ella is hiding from a scandal. A scandal that drove her family out of their beloved Lan..

Rodney Prince a doctor who chose to work amongst the poor of Newcastle to the shame of his beautiful..

Lancashire 1936. With her son Gabriel finally married and her youngest following his dreams of becom..

Manchester 1944. Alison is thriving in her rewarding role at the railways. But when family tragedy s..

It’s 1957 and three young women are beginning their nursing training at the Florence Nightingale H..

Clemmie throws herself into volunteering with the very organisation who helped her and her sisters w..

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

October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper but s..

August 1940As Autumn approaches Lady Joanna Harcourt is preparing for new guests at Goodwill House -..

Following a scandalous affair wayward Emma Devaney is sent in disgrace from her home in Ireland to R..

When her grandmother dies Catherine Llewellyn finds herself alone in the world. Her inheritance is a..

Life on the Fifteen Streets was a continual struggle for survival. John O'Brien grew up in abject po..

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

Proud and canny ignorant and intensely ambitious Hannah Massey is a born ruler. Her kingdom may only..

Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born his mother had ..

The Second World War is finally over when Lola Brown meets Harry Riggs at a dance. It is love at fir..

Helen Bygrove is managing the hotel now that her husband has been conscripted. Against all expectati..

Motherhood is every woman's right and the natural outcome of a happy marriage. But what then when a ..

Pendragon Island is the perfect place for holidays with a stretch of clean golden sand and a gloriou..

In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street Durham. A..