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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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