November 1942. Even during wartime the glitz and glamour of the ballroom shines through at Christmas..

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

Now that her brood had left the nest Fanny McBride a large cheerful and indomitable Tyneside widow h..

Blackpool 1922. Martha and Trisha may have escaped poverty but their fortunes have yet to turn. Blis..

Little Max is growing day by day and Joan is adjusting to her new life. But in her heart of hearts s..

March 1941. After Flo Butterworth loses everything in Manchester's Christmas Blitz she decides to le..

Sep McGilby always said that Emily Kennedy had a happy face. And at 16 Emily had a lot to be glad ab..

Someone had once told Emma Molinero the daughter of an itinerant carnival performer that she was mad..

Janet and Hywel Griffiths dream of seeing their son Frank happily married but Mair the daughter of t..

1922. After the horrors of the Great War the close-knit Truscott family returns to everyday life on ..

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

When Angie marries her sweetheart Quentin and moves into Cuthford Manor to begin their new life toge..

Ireland 1848. The potato famine has left the Cavanah family destitute. Kitty and Peter manage to sec..

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

York 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm...