Having lost her mother at a young age Maria Conti is close to her father Leo who owns an Italian res..

Born into service 16-year-old Juliet Harper has always idolised her mother Agnes. But Agnes is haunt..

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

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

After her husband Jack is transported to Australia as a convict Hannah and her children are sent to ..

1915. After the recent dramatic events at the Post Office's Home Depot Milly Woods is looking forwar..

When Stella Swift is discovered holding a shard of broken glass near her newborn baby fears that she..

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

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

As the war continues to keep her family far away Peggy Reilly must continue to look after her girls ..

Olivia Bone and her siblings haven?t had an easy life. But then Livvie's fiance Joe is killed at Ypr..

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

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

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

1940. As the bombs rain down on London a close-knit community struggles to survive. Working at the l..

Meriel grows up in England a tomboy helping her beloved grandfather with DIY. At school she discover..

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

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

Eleanor Saint loves helping in the community of her small mining town even though her snobbish grand..

Violet Daniels isn't perfect. She's made mistakes in her life but the deep love she has for her five..

Lancashire 1842. Sixteen-year-old Bessie works long hours as a weaver in Blackburn helping to suppor..

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

Madeleine Ingleton has just come home from the Swiss finishing school where she has spent the last t..

Sunderland 1940..

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

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

Nineteen-year-old April Wilton has just enlisted in the WRENs in Portsmouth where she works servicin..

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

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

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

Seven-year-old Cora recovering from a serious illness in hospital has a secret visit from her mother..

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

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

When Commander Martin Black is shot down over enemy territory and ends up in a POW camp his wife Ann..

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

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

Is love just an illusion? To the outside Clare has everything: a beautiful home a devoted husband an..

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

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

1864. Following the untimely death of her cold-hearted husband Beatrix and her three children are fi..

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

1915. Beth Healey hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate her 18th birth..

Anna Campbell's life is dedicated to raising her six foster children. A pillar of the community her ..

Between work and home life there's plenty to keep Flo occupied. Not least new deputy store manager H..

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

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

Polly Longden’s china-doll looks belie a strong and fiery personality. When typhoid strikes she ne..

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

In the dark days following the Blitz young Pearl Jenkins finds happiness as she celebrates her marri..

Manchester 1922. Belinda Layton is a surplus girl. One of the many women whose dreams of marriage pe..

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

October 1940. When VAD nurse Evie narrowly escapes being killed in an air raid during the London Bli..

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

Cliffehaven 1944. Peggy Reilly is enjoying a rare moment alone in the garden of her Beach View Board..

Rowan Sykes is overjoyed when her beloved older sister Laurel takes a new job and moves back home to..

Spring 1944. Working on an aeroplane production line for planes Hildy believes she is doing her part..

The war is almost over - and it's up to the East End Angels to keep the home fires burning! Frankie'..

Lake District 1942. The women at Mary Vale's Home for Mothers and Babies must pull together during t..

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

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

It’s 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Be..

Cecile has been raised to a life of privilege at Polruan House by her widowed father and aunt. Now s..

Charlotte Booth loves her father and the home they share which is set high up in the limestone escar..

Dover 1864. Violet Rayfield leads a happy life with her family in a beautiful terrace on Camden Cres..

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

Alice moves to the village of Churchwood with her retired father just as WWII breaks out. She is des..

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

Germany 1939: Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport unsure that she'll ever see her parents agai..

1890 Western Australia. 14-year-old Sarette Maitland is orphaned when her father dies of a snake bit..

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

Norfolk 1940. As war rages on the residents of Great Plumstead are doing all they can to help the wa..

Separated from each other soon after being taken from their mother Tilly by a travelling group of gy..

County Armagh 1845. Married to the local blacksmith young Sarah Hamilton spends her days looking aft..

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

After the birth of their son Tom Eliza naively hopes her husband Jack will put his gambling days beh..

1940s. War alters lives and for three women from different walks of life the choices they make will ..

Somerset 1911. Miner's wife Lorna Harrison sometimes wonders what became of her marriage. Her husban..

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

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

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

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

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

It is 1907. Liverpool is a bustling and busy city. Sisters Livvie and Amy Goodwin are just 16 and 13..

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

Molly's life changes forever when her mother is killed in an accident. Although her beloved grandfa..

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

A dismal cottage in the heart of Bolton Lancashire has been Sally's prison since Joseph Goden 'bough..