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

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

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

Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works with her younger sister Bea. Wh..

London 1910. Lily is ten years old when she realises her grandmother a washerwoman is seriously ill...

For Renee Rushmore the arrival of war brings some much-needed freedom. Her father rules the house wi..

Eighteen-year-old Moll Chambers works her fingers to the bone to support her family. With an ailing ..

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

January 1936. Sarah a young executive at a Yorkshire mill returns home to attend her grandfather's f..

Stockport 1944. Alice seems to have it all but the truth is her marriage isn't as solid as it seems...

Stratford 1943. World War Two is still raging across Europe. But for the Lavender Girls the workers ..

Lancashire 1940. Janie and her husband James have a strong loving marriage. A move from an inner-cit..

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

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

Happily married to the Reverend Simon Norwood Fiona Norwood’s happiness should be complete. But Fi..