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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As 1954 draws to an end the village of Hen Carw Parc is changing. The post-war boom brings a creepin..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Liverpool 1941. After German bombs shatter the life Cadi has built for herself in Liverpool she is m..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hull 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When during ..

Spring 1919. WW1 might be over but the inhabitants of Dorcalon in the Welsh Valleys still feel the p..

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

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

Despite being part of the large O'Donnell family Milly has felt alone in the world since her father ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Born into poverty and hardship Ruby Skinner's decision to approach the unscrupulous East End villain..

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

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

Poachers and dealmakers the Griffiths family have always managed to scrape by on the edge of the law..

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

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

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

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

January 1941 As the residents of Goodwill House feel the hard bite of winter land girl Charlie Somit..

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

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

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

January 1945. Spring is in the air. And so is victory. . .Wedding bells are ringing at long last for..

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

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

When tragedy strikes Libby Gilbert is left homeless and destitute fending for herself on the capital..

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