London 1943. Dot Hanson has never forgotten the thrill of seeing the beautiful Christmas displays at..

Esme Colborne is about to marry Richard Trevannion. When she finds out she is adopted - from a worki..

Lou Channer wants a life outside of North Devon somewhere she's never left. She yearns to contribute..

Working at the Foyles bookshop was Molly Cooper's dream job. But with the country at war she's deter..

London 1917. After the death of their parents Victoria did everything she could to keep her siblings..

1914. Growing up on a farm in the country Annie Cradwell has always dreamt of singing on stage. So w..

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

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

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

1851. After her husband saved her from a life of prostitution Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a hou..

December 1930. With the Depression biting deeper it looks like many children in the East End will wa..

Devon 1918. When Jessie Hale loses her nursing job she leaves London to become the nurse maid to the..

The hedonism of London in the roaring twenties is a world away from Annabel Tarleton's ordinary coun..

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

Summer 1945. The nation rejoices as the Second World War comes to an end but Banbury Street matriarc..