Hull 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When during ..

?The end of the old world? people said about the long hot summer of 1914. That summer Aunt Tilly com..

Cat Cleary is a 16-year-old Irish 'slummy' arriving in Liverpool to seek her fortune. Joe Calligan t..

Manchester 1944. Alison is thriving in her rewarding role at the railways. But when family tragedy s..

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

Following a scandalous affair wayward Emma Devaney is sent in disgrace from her home in Ireland to R..

As war finally draws to a close what will victory and peacetime bring for the south coast's Bluebird..

An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream but not so for Paula. She's happy and secure in Wes..

Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born his mother had ..

October 1942. Viola loves her new job away from the factory and hopes that her romance with the hand..

The Batleys and the Cadwells owned neighbouring farms on the beautiful wild Northumbrian coast. But ..

Roddy Greenbank was brought by his father to the remote Northumberland community of Langley in the a..

Lancashire 1895. When her controlling stepfather suddenly dies it seems that Elinor Pendleton finall..

Leaving Liverpool behind Libby Gilbert embarks on a transformative journey to London with her newfou..

Yorkshire 1944. The end of the war feels close but Air Transport Auxiliary girls Bobbie Viv and Mary..

1950 London. With the war finally behind them the Ten Bells Street girls are building new lives. Bec..

1949. To pursue her daughter?s destiny Fay must train in London and Peggy is faced with a dilemma of..

Deep in the wild fen country Rosamund Morley lived a cloistered poverty-stricken existence with her ..

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

London 1913. The shop girls of Harpers Emporium on Oxford Street are happy in their work and their l..

Emma Brown is a happy-go-lucky child content to play hopscotch with her friends. But after Em's moth..

Marianne seems to have everything. She is married to a handsome Naval officer Neil Sheridan. They ha..

Liverpool 1935. Monica Savage is delighted when the Copperfields move in next door and she quickly b..

A richly-detailed and compelling historical saga for fans of Dilly Court Sheila Newberry and Rosie G..

Dympna Byrne lives a simple life with her family on the Connemara coast. She adores her father Miche..

1943 and The Bluebird Girls are at the top of their game. They are touring with ENSA visiting army b..

In the aftermath of war Angie Westwood thinks the hard times are behind her. But when her cousin Jan..

When World War II breaks out Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the h..

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

Evie spent her early years left outside on the step. With a drunk for a father and a neglectful moth..

Liverpool 1941. After German bombs shatter the life Cadi has built for herself in Liverpool she is m..

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

Liverpool 1940. As the Luftwaffe turns its attention to Liverpool Shane Quinn decides to move his fa..

Throughout County Tipperary the three sisters were known as the Sisters O'Donnell. Together they mov..

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

Liverpool 1940. When war comes to Britain Jessica Wilson and her friend Ruby seize the opportunity t..

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

Christmas 1941 and the nurses at the Nightingale are facing their toughest winter yet. With shortage..

Manchester 1940. By day Betty works cheerfully with her best friend Sally now the manager of the sal..

Elsie Weir is trying hard to keep her family together. Living in Kiltie Street tenement in Glasgow w..

Motherhood is every woman's right and the natural outcome of a happy marriage. But what then when a ..

Liverpool 1938. It?s Christmas in the Courts and single mother Rosheen Clarke and her mischievous tw..

It is 1870 and railway workers and their families have flocked to the wild and inhospitable moorland..

Elsie Barker is desperate for a new start after her husband leaves her. When her friend Izzy - who n..

The Second World War has finally come to a close. Rachel Booker's husband has returned and the famil..

The compelling new family drama from the nation?s favourite storyteller.Florence Stanville is a woma..

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

Rodney Prince a doctor who chose to work amongst the poor of Newcastle to the shame of his beautiful..

When Sally Beth Margaret and Rachel meet at a job interview for the wonderful new store in Oxford St..

Christmas time is fast approaching at Mary Vale and newcomer Libby is ready to start a fresh chapter..

Wanting to support her family through the depression in 1930s Glasgow Jean Logan is seduced by the g..

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

It is two years since Harpers opened in Oxford Street and Ben is planning to expand the premises. Li..

Oxford Street London 1915Sally Harper quietly battles to keep Harpers afloat in the difficult days o..

Cambridgeshire - 1941_x000D_As the war rages on in Europe it brings untold heartache to the Talbot f..

Proud and canny ignorant and intensely ambitious Hannah Massey is a born ruler. Her kingdom may only..

Daniel has lived his whole life with his mother adoptive father and his stepbrothers and sister in a..

1850. Beatrix is just 18 when her father tells her she is to marry a stranger. Upon meeting her futu..

Cathie Kinrade is used to hardship. Growing up in a fishing community on the Isle of Man in the 1930..

Eighteen-year-old Connie Baxter works as an usherette at the Criterion Picture House in Gosport. Her..

When Cissie Brody was 15 fever swept the English countryside killing her parents and leaving her to ..

In the drab Yorkshire town of Garsthwaite Lacey Barraclough works hard in the textile mill determine..

Welcome to the district nurses? home on Steeple Street where everyone has a secret?Ambitious young n..

When tragedy strikes Libby Gilbert is left homeless and destitute fending for herself on the capital..

London 1950Peggy Ronoscki is happily settling into life running her guesthouse on Mulberry Lane surr..

Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland newly stationed at the MacKay estate. When th..

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

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

Manchester 1942. When Cordelia's daughter Emily falls for a young chap who doesn't meet the approval..

1915. While World War One changes the country with food becoming scarce and Britain's young men bein..

It?s 1957 and three young women are beginning their nursing training at the Florence Nightingale Hos..

Liverpool 1901. The Tempest family is barely able to put food on the table. When Florrie falls ill w..

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

As the men fight and the war rages there are some new arrivals on the farm. . . Cambridgeshire - 194..

Rainey Bird Ivy Sparrow and Bea Herron all love to sing. For Rainey music has been a solace during t..

Liverpool 1868. Shrouded in secrecy Alice Sampson gives birth to a beautiful baby girl. But the form..

In the aftermath of the General Strike times are tough for coal miners and their families. When Call..

Missing home Rachel seizes the opportunity to train as a district nurse in a village near Rochdale e..

The O'Neils who have lost brothers and sons into the bowels of London's East End keep watch over the..

After two years Meg Fairfax has finally started to make a success of herself. Her skills as a baker ..

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

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

Liverpool 1917. When Irish seaman Michael Gallagher docks in Liverpool after years of fighting with ..

1912 in the Yorkshire Dales and Alice Bentham and her brother Will have lost their mother to cancer...

Meg just wants her family to be together at Christmas. But her mother's illness gets worse every day..

Monica Eustace and Joan McDonald met as next-door-neighbours living in Mersey View in Liverpool. Tho..

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