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

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

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

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

October 1941. Marianne Fordham has a lot to cope with. As well as taking care of her young daughter ..

Sylvia Joy and Pearl are preparing to compete in a major national ballroom competition - not easy in..

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

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

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

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

Spring 1942. After a difficult few years with her husband Victor Prue's life is about to change in a..

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

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

Sarah is lonely. Living in a small Yorkshire village with just her grandmother for company she longs..

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

Prudence Dudley was a woman who appeared to have everything: an undeniably attractive woman who had ..

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

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

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

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

East London 1916. The Sanctuary Lane Animal Hospital is proving a huge success. For its founder Ruby..

Hetty Affleck is working as a maid at the prestigious Beach Hotel in Littlehampton. Her beau Lorcan ..

Tammy and her mother Grace are desperate to escape Tammy's violent bully of a father. But when an un..

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

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

When Charity Browne arrives at The Fitzroy Hotel on her way to a country house party she knows there..

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

After Pearl's home is destroyed in the Exeter Blitz so too are her dreams of performing onstage. Fin..

Georgina Corrigan is dead! It must be true. It has been printed in the newspapers. How does one prov..

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

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

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

October 1941. Despite the hardships of life during wartime Bobby Bancroft has never been happier. En..

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

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

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

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

1931 Cornwall. Gwenna Rosdew had no choice but to step up as head of the family after her father was..

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

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

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

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 ..

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

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

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

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

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

In A Wartime Christmas at Rookery House former cook Hettie Brown hears some shocking news making her..

In the brooding north country hills a man and a woman fought for the passion they felt for each othe..

Manchester December 1940. This winter the girls boarding at Star House - Betty Sally and Lorna - are..

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

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

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

John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife a son friends but he was isolated from all the people ..

Georgina Corrigan is worried. The first women sent to her Percy Place home by the BOBs - an organisa..

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

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

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

England 1941. Dedicated local vet Laura cares for the farm animals of the little village of Bramble ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

London 1930s. Years after she first fled to South Shields Cathy is known by everyone as the landlady..

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

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

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

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

England 1943. With Christmas days away the land girls of Gosling Farm are full of merriment. Only Lo..

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

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

1945 Sunderland. Ida Boulter makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave her five children behind as..

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..