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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's 1943 and Ireland has escaped the worst of the war raging in Europe but life is still hard. When..

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

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

England is at war but nothing can ruin Esther Wynford's happiness at marrying Monty Grant. Their sho..

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

Summer 1953. Hilary Napier's life is turned upside-down when Marianne a beautiful French woman knock..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunderland 1940..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

It has finally happened! The war is over and Europe rejoices. May 1945 - VE Day. After battling agai..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jenny starts her training as a nanny but does she have what it takes - and will her family survive w..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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