It is 1938 and the threat of war looms on the streets of London. But when the lights go down in the ..

When the Second World War breaks out Annie Webster and her close-knit family find themselves - along..

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

After the death of their parents Faith and her brother James are raised by an aunt. While James goes..

In 1960 Kate Freeman daughter of the inimitable Rose Webster goes to London to follow her dream of b..

It’s 1925 and Kate Cameron is just sixteen when she’s taken on at a shipyard on the Clyde. Kateâ..

Ruby and Grace have grown up in the poorest slums of Hull. Friends since early childhood they have s..

Sarah Foster’s parents have been fighting a constant battle with poverty. When her father Will is ..

It is the late 1850s and a tired woman holding a baby walks from Hull to one of the big houses in An..

A loving and hard-working child Emily goes into service when she is twelve at the house of Roger Fra..

For Amelia and her siblings the grim past which their mother Emily had endured seemed very far away...

When naval historian Dr Douglas Spalding is found dead in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard the Major C..

When a former girlfriend shows up at his remote cottage with a disturbing story about the murder of ..

1929. On receipt of an unexpected inheritance small-time crook Horace Butterfield buys a large house..

The Second World War has finally come to a close. Rachel Booker's husband has returned and the famil..