York 1940. World War Two has arrived for the girls of the Rowntree's factory and with rationing crip..

Even as a child Barbara was beautiful but as her beauty grew so did the affliction which shadowed it..

It's 1944. London's citizens are weary of air raids and rationing. But there are rumours of an invas..

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

Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons most of them bastards. But to all of them he passed o..

Her name was Hannah Boyle but to the people of the village she would always be 'The Girl' - Matthew ..

In the mid-1850s life for an orphan was grim as Kirsten MacGregor discovered when her parents died s..

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

Kent 1828. Lizzie Carey of Castle Bay is trapped in a life she never chose - endless days of cooking..

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

As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..

When Kate Mitchell was offered the job of part-time secretary at Tor-Fret a lonely old house on the ..

1919 in Ashford-in-the-Water Derbyshire. Walter Ryan has returned home a broken man and so it falls ..

London has been ravaged by war for three years now and life couldn't be tougher for those living on ..

The year of 1947 is almost upon them and the community of Cliffehaven is still reeling from the trag..