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

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

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

Nothing can change her love for her son Gloria and Joe were the golden couple until tragedy left..

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

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

January 1942. The new year brings heartache for Bobby Bancroft. Not only must she say goodbye to her..

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

Norfolk 1944. Phylly is a Land Girl on Catchetts Farm. She and her friend Gracie are doing their bit..

Northumberland 1909. When Shona Hardy's husband is lost at sea she finds herself alone in a village ..

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

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

1938 Britain and Germany are on the brink of war and tension and fear is felt throughout Europe. In ..

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

Will she find the strength to start again? When Jenny Gregory leaves wartime London for the quiet to..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bolton Lancashire: 1943. Livvy knows that her family's survival rests on her shoulders - with her pa..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Slung out from her home and onto the slum streets of Manchester at the tender age of twelve Perdita ..

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

Manchester 1941. Kept apart by war work bombs and blackouts Lorna and her beloved George cherish eve..

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

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

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

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

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

Spring 1942. Lizzie is making plans for her wedding with fiance Bill. But preparations during wartim..

London 1929. Lady Alice Mayton-Walsh has always been a free independent spirit. With wealth and posi..

Holcombe Hall 1931. Florrie Bickerstaff has finally settled in as the new Housekeeper of Holcombe Ha..

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

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

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

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

When Lucy's estranged mother dies unexpectedly her grief is overwhelming. Lucy was disowned when she..

Olivia Brodie is a devoted parlourmaid serving the Broadbent family at Hawthorn Manor and spending p..

London's East End 1940. A frightened young woman gives birth to a tiny baby. Clearly alone she refus..

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

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

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

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

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

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

1876. Life is happy for ten-year-old Rebecca Wheeler in the small fishing village of Leonard's Bay. ..

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

When Betty and her best friend Sally discover a baby tucked in a blanket amongst the rubble at the M..

Liverpool 1861. Annie Shaw longs to be taken seriously. At 14 she's fed up of being babied by her bi..

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

Young Quinta Haig is struggling to make ends meet at Top Field with ailing mother Laura. Noah Bilton..

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

1950. Seventeen-year-old Josephine Cliffe and her younger sister Eliza have the perfect lives wantin..

It is August 1900 and ten-year-old Maddy Moon is relishing the prospect of a long summer in Scarboro..

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

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

Blackpool 1903. When young Elisha loses her parents she clings to Primula Cottage - the only home he..

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

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

A heart-breaking choice between love and duty...York 1886. Sarah-Lou has just left school and is re..