Lancashire 1929. Holcombe Hall's enigmatic owner has passed away and as the roaring 20s come to an e..

His full name is Joseph Rooney Smith and he works for the corporation of one of the Tyneside towns a..

London 1929. Torn between the love of his family life in London and a deathbed promise to an America..

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

Jonathan Ratcliffe is the successful manager of Affleck and Tate's engineering works. He has succeed..

It's been several years since Kitty Cavanah's life was turned upside down when her family made the p..

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

England 1940s. Minnie has spent most of her life feeling like a plain Jane watching things happen ar..

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

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

Spring 1943. After a visit to see her mother in Sussex with Ned it's time for VAD nurse Evie Jones t..

When Betty and her best friend Sally discover a baby tucked in a blanket amongst the rubble at the M..

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

It was a wartime white wedding but it was not a love match. Annie Cooper married George McCabe for o..

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

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

July 1942. Newlywed Bobby Atherton has barely had time to experience married life with her airman hu..

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

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

Olivia Brodie is a devoted parlourmaid serving the Broadbent family at Hawthorn Manor and spending p..

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

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

North Atlantic Ocean 1942. Fifteen-year-old Connie is leaving war-torn England for the safer shores ..

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

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

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

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

Surrey 1940. Overhead the Battle of Britain rages. Below at the Poppy Factory disabled WWI veterans ..

1876. Life is happy for ten-year-old Rebecca Wheeler in the small fishing village of Leonard's Bay. ..

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

Victoria is astonished when she discovers an abandoned newborn baby on her doorstep along with a not..

1853. In the serene countryside of rural Yorkshire Caroline and Trixie's unbreakable bond forged ami..

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

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

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