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

Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

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

In the Nightingale Hospital Matron?Helen?finds herself playing surrogate mother to her newly discove..

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

After falling pregnant unexpectedly 16-year-old Catrin is devastated when her neglectful father send..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bridget Kittrick headstrong and independent is ready to show her worth when she's left in charge of ..

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

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

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

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

Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death Stella comes into some money unexpecte..

Australia 1853. Settled in the colony Ellen is determined to make a happy new life for her family an..

York 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm...

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

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

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

Carrie Anderson's business selling books at her local train station is thriving and with her beloved..

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

As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..

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

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

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

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a ch..

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

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

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

Can she escape her past and start again? Essex 1941_x000D_Unhappy with life at home with her privile..

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

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

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

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

Lancashire 1930s. When her mother dies leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's iden..

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

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

Holderness 1988. Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about t..

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

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

Kay Duffield's fianc? is about to leave the country and her own duty with the WAAF is imminent when ..

Glasgow WW2. Despite being shy and reserved Jeannie finds herself newly engaged to Arthur the day wa..

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

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

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

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

Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend shocked to hear she's going to marry a guy she's..

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

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

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

Seven years ago Charlotte Russell's father walked out on her family. Ever since the task of caring f..

Anna and Will have been passing in and out of each other's lives since they were just kids._x000D_No..

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

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

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

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

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

June 1941. When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to take a job as a reporter on The Tyke magazin..

1916 Scotland. Five years after leading a strike at the sewing factory newly pregnant Ellen is rushe..

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

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

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

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

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

Hopes are high at the Fitzroy Hotel on Edward VII's Coronation Day. London is full of people celebra..

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

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

Even as a child Barbara was beautiful but as her beauty grew so did the affliction which shadowed it..

Each generation of the Mallen family has been cursed with a dramatic white streak in their jet-black..

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

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

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

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia. She's not intending to stay long but after track..

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..

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

Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons most of them bastards. But to all of them he passed o..

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

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

Elsie Weir is trying hard to keep her family together. Living in Kiltie Street tenement in Glasgow w..

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

1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled but deep down she is ..