There were plenty around Fellburn who said Maggie Rowan was as plain as a pikestaff a woman consumed..

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

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

From the age of eight Charity Crosse has been living with her grandfather and begging on the streets..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the brooding north country hills a man and a woman fought for the passion they felt for each othe..

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

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

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

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

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

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

London 1943. Dot Hanson has never forgotten the thrill of seeing the beautiful Christmas displays at..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-m..

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

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

Prudence Dudley was a woman who appeared to have everything: an undeniably attractive woman who had ..

1943. Gloria is reunited with her sweetheart Jack. But her sons Bobby and Gordon are away with the N..

Margriet grew up as a lonely child in the old town of hull. Her adored father travelled often to the..

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

Liverpool 1939. Olivia Campbell appears to have the perfect life. However behind closed doors she li..

It's been several years since Kitty Cavanah's life was turned upside down when her family made the p..

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

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

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

John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife a son friends but he was isolated from all the people ..

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

England 1941. Dedicated local vet Laura cares for the farm animals of the little village of Bramble ..

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

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

England 1943. With Christmas days away the land girls of Gosling Farm are full of merriment. Only Lo..

It was a wartime white wedding but it was not a love match. Annie Cooper married George McCabe for o..

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

1853. In the serene countryside of rural Yorkshire Caroline and Trixie's unbreakable bond forged ami..

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

1944 the darkest days of the war. Trixie and Vi are back in Gosport and doing their bit to help Brit..

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

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

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

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

Agnes Cavanah has watched her mother Kitty struggle to put food on the table ever since they crossed..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lancashire 1940. Janie and her husband James have a strong loving marriage. A move from an inner-cit..

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

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

1952. With smog blanketing London little Grace is in trouble. Her grandmother is dangerously ill but..

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

1851. After her husband saved her from a life of prostitution Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a hou..

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

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

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

Livia Blake has lost her husband and faces a crossroads. Her friend suggests she would make an excel..

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

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

Margate 1884. When 17-year-old Hannah Bentley fled the family home she never dreamed she'd find her ..

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

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