In the wake of World War Two the whole country is desperate for houses with very little money availa..

Ever since the death of her beloved husband Peter Caroline's life in Bath has not been the same. Fri..

A few days before Christmas Tess Williams rushes into Albert Payne's tobacconist shop with two boys ..

In defending herself against her brutal husband 18-year-old Ruby Clark is forced to flee London. She..

Maureen Matthews has always been a 'deep one' with her head in the clouds and secrets in her heart. ..

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

Christmas should be the happiest time but at Pennington?s dramas are seething beneath the surface. F..

With her husband Nick away fighting Dora struggles to keep the home fires burning but finds herself ..

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

Christmas Eve 1909. When eleven-year-old Lily Larkin is left to fend for herself in an East London w..

Bath 1912. When Miss Pennington sends Amelia Wakefield to study the department stores of New York sh..

Hugo Kendal and his wife Margaret finally receive a royal pardon and are permitted at last to return..

It's 1937 and for sisters Lizzie and Milly Travis there's nothing quite like the thrill of the funfa..

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

Jenny Simmons has always thought of herself as the ugly duckling of her family so when she blossoms ..

Christmas Eve 1936. On a foggy December night a pregnant woman walks out in front of a trolley bus a..

1920s. When her father dies Ellie Douglas has little option but to go into service. Her position tak..

Lily and Vincent have been dancing everything from the waltz to the foxtrot together since they were..

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and la..

Her father is dead and her mother doesn't want her... When Babby's dad is killed in a senseless bar ..

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

After her plans to elope with her married lover fall through Rachel Kivell is broken-hearted and sad..

Liverpool 1917. When Irish seaman Michael Gallagher docks in Liverpool after years of fighting with ..

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

After losing all her family in the Great War Nell is grateful to marry Stan Hibbert. However five ye..

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

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

Cornwall 1929. Fiona Fox youngest child of the celebrated Fox family is a devoted volunteer at the l..

For ten years Delia has had to fend for herself and her son Jack and as a young unmarried mother lif..

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

A young family has to relocate from the countryside to Hull looking for work. They find somewhere to..

Martha Packer is much loved by everyone in the village of Hillsbridge. As the landlady of The Three ..

Minnie Maddox cares deeply for mothers and their babies - she makes a living by taking in unwanted c..

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

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

It's 1943 and Ireland has escaped the worst of the war raging in Europe but life is still hard. When..

It is 1946: the war is over and three young women face a new kind of life. Katie O?Neill?s childhood..

1945. War is over and people are celebrating but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire Judith..

1939. Eve Armstrong is being evacuated to Devon. As the train pulls out of London she takes a last l..

It is 1900 and Adeline Warburton and Arnold Haslington have fallen deeply in love. But though both a..

Deploring social injustice Lady Deborah Claremont opens a staff agency concealing the fact that she'..

Winter 1942. Brenda and Joyce are just two of the girls who have joined the Women's Land Army and ar..

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

Emma Brown is a happy-go-lucky child content to play hopscotch with her friends. But after Em's moth..

When Thomas Grant - one of the most eligible young men in London - proposes to Annabel Seaton she ca..

Devon 1943. In the village of Burracombe 'Dig for Victory' is more than just a wartime slogan. While..

When Alice Verinder?s beloved sister Lydia goes missing Alice boards the Orient Express bound for To..

It's 1962 and Freda Scott and her five schoolmates are eager to embark on their life journeys. Madly..

Andrew Sanderson brilliant surgeon and renowned musician is still grieving the death of his wife Mar..

Along a blacked-out wartime street a girl is scurrying a basket on one arm. As sirens begin and bomb..

London 1914. While young men enlist up and down the country the Nightingale Hospital has its own set..

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

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

As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore Sarah Fuller and her sister Jane are forced to leav..

Heiress Tara Nankervis is beautiful yet pained. She is forced to share a devastating secret with her..

Thrown together by tragic circumstances some years previously Meg and Clarrie's hard-won friendship ..

The youngest of five siblings Lottie Mortimer has never felt like she belonged. Her mother died shor..

It is 1918; the Kaiser?s empire is about to fall and Captain Harry Phillips a prisoner of war in a R..

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

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

The war is over but peace hasn't quite settled between newly-reunited sisters Babs and Beth. Tilly a..

Helen Fox and her bon viveur husband Harry are the toast of the Bristol set in the years immediately..

After a traumatic past life finally seems to be looking up for Hanna Foster. But war is on its way ...

East Kent 1876. With doting parents and siblings she adores 16-year-old Rose Cheevers leads a conten..

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

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

Jimmy Trewin and his little sister are devastated by their mother's death and horrified to find them..

At twenty-five teacher Phyllis Bird is still living with her parents her brothers lost in the Great ..

Hetty Gilbert is a canal child with no permanent address so when she needs to join the library she c..

When Carrie Chapman signs up to be an ambulance attendant at the outbreak of World War Two she has l..

Following a terrible storm seven-year-old Lottie is rescued from a shipwreck by local Cornishman Arn..

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

When 17-year-old Marie Sinclair travelled to Strathlinn in Scotland in 1920 to visit her brother and..

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

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

Cornwall 1798. Eighteen months have passed since Midshipman Edmund Melville was declared missing pr..

A poignant touching and epic tale of lost love set against the drama and danger of World War Two. 19..

Nell Goodman is a good daughter. Her job in the local brewery is the only thing keeping her and her ..

It has finally happened! The war is over and Europe rejoices. May 1945 - VE Day. After battling agai..

She had the voice of an angel...but it led her to sin A miner's daughter from the village of Annsdal..

Liverpool 1939. Sixteen-year-old Lizzy Atherton is forced to flee her violent stepfather in the midd..

1937 Edinburgh. Attractive dark-eyed Jinny Hendrie is happy enough in her job in the accounts office..

1911 Bath. Passionate suffrage campaigner Esther Stanbury works as a window dresser in Pennington's ..

After a stray bomb destroyed his childhood home the only thing that has kept Francis Brady going is ..

Laura Cannock is on the run suspected of killing her bullying husband and his family are out for rev..

Maddy lives with her grandmother in a tumbledown farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales. The house has bee..

It is 1939 and war is looming on the horizon but for nine-year-old Maisie Jackson abused by her crue..