It wasn't a privileged childhood but it was a happy one. Sybil and Lizzie Cream brought up in a fish..

1914. While their men fight in France at home in Britain women are finally seizing the opportunity t..

1915. Irene Maggie and Annie are proud members of the newly renamed Women's Police Service. While Br..

Hull 1852. Matty has been the mother to her three younger sisters since their mother’s death ten y..

After the tragic death of her father aspiring singer Jessie Delaney has been forced to live with her..

Will Christmas bring an unexpected reunion? Frances O'Leary has always dreamed of being a dancer. Bu..

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

Having lost her father during the Great War and her mother a famous French impressionist painter in ..

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

When a newborn baby girl is found abandoned with nothing but a scarlet ribbon tied to her basket Ava..

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

A life of poverty in a cramped pit cottage is all that 17-year-old Ruby Dinsdale has known. Even wit..

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

Manchester 1922. Molly Watson has had enough. Engaged for the last three years to a penny-pinching p..

As if everyday life in London's slums wasn't hard enough for Jane Roberts and her three children the..