Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death Stella comes into some money unexpecte..

In the Nightingale Hospital Matron?Helen?finds herself playing surrogate mother to her newly discove..

At the end of Hawthorn Close there is a charming park which boasts two magnificent magnolia trees an..

1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled but deep down she is ..

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

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

BLACKPOOL 1914. Seventeen-year-old Maddie has grown up in a boarding house on one of Blackpool's poo..

October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper but s..

Spring 1942. After a difficult few years with her husband Victor Prue's life is about to change in a..

1890. Alice is the sole bread-winner for her family working at the local cotton mill. But when she s..

Tammy and her mother Grace are desperate to escape Tammy's violent bully of a father. But when an un..

In Battenbun Northumberland there live four Puddleton men - Grandpop Old Popo Pop and Peter. Three o..

Hetty Affleck is working as a maid at the prestigious Beach Hotel in Littlehampton. Her beau Lorcan ..

North Atlantic Ocean 1942. Fifteen-year-old Connie is leaving war-torn England for the safer shores ..

Alice and Isaac have been close friends since childhood but their paths diverge when they discover t..

Summer 1916. Despite the misery of war in the air some things in the small hamlet of Strawbridge rem..

Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia. She's not intending to stay long but after track..

Lancashire 1936. With her son Gabriel finally married and her youngest following his dreams of becom..

Holderness 1988. Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about t..

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

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

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

In Western Australia Sarah chuckles as she describes her final will and testament - which will throw..

After falling pregnant unexpectedly 16-year-old Catrin is devastated when her neglectful father send..

Spring 1943. After a visit to see her mother in Sussex with Ned it's time for VAD nurse Evie Jones t..

Surrey 1940. Overhead the Battle of Britain rages. Below at the Poppy Factory disabled WWI veterans ..

When Charity Browne arrives at The Fitzroy Hotel on her way to a country house party she knows there..

England 1940s. Minnie has spent most of her life feeling like a plain Jane watching things happen ar..

Lancashire 1930s. When her mother dies leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's iden..

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a ch..

Sarah is lonely. Living in a small Yorkshire village with just her grandmother for company she longs..

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

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

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

Glasgow 1943. After becoming pregnant out of wedlock only to find out her betrothed was already marr..

Hopes are high at the Fitzroy Hotel on Edward VII's Coronation Day. London is full of people celebra..

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

Kay Duffield's fianc? is about to leave the country and her own duty with the WAAF is imminent when ..

Seven years ago Charlotte Russell's father walked out on her family. Ever since the task of caring f..

Each generation of the Mallen family has been cursed with a dramatic white streak in their jet-black..

Anna and Will have been passing in and out of each other's lives since they were just kids._x000D_No..

When the Gallachers received an invitation from the Duke of Moorshire to attend an evening at Lea Ha..

July 1942. Newlywed Bobby Atherton has barely had time to experience married life with her airman hu..

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

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

In A Wartime Christmas at Rookery House former cook Hettie Brown hears some shocking news making her..

Nan Turpin is in trouble again accused of stealing. She's guilty. Cast out by her family she turns t..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

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

Australia 1853. Settled in the colony Ellen is determined to make a happy new life for her family an..

1916 Scotland. Five years after leading a strike at the sewing factory newly pregnant Ellen is rushe..

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

1945 Sunderland. Ida Boulter makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave her five children behind as..

Georgina Corrigan is dead! It must be true. It has been printed in the newspapers. How does one prov..

When war is declared Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mining town of H..

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

Manchester 1940: the minute war was declared best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home gu..

Gilly Jenkins is the third generation to bake for her family firm. Also on Bread Street in the same ..

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

Liverpool 1942. As the threat of war draws closer Isla Donahue seeks solace in her sweetheart Rory. ..

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

Can she escape her past and start again? Essex 1941_x000D_Unhappy with life at home with her privile..

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

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

Rowntree's Factory York 1935. The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on..

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

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

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

1931 Cornwall. Gwenna Rosdew had no choice but to step up as head of the family after her father was..

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

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

Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend shocked to hear she's going to marry a guy she's..

Lancashire 1929. Holcombe Hall's enigmatic owner has passed away and as the roaring 20s come to an e..

June 1941. When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to take a job as a reporter on The Tyke magazin..

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

Lancashire 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name and a brave step towards a happier life. Sudde..

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

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

Glasgow WW2. Despite being shy and reserved Jeannie finds herself newly engaged to Arthur the day wa..

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

Harry Blenheim wasn't what you might call a good-looking fellow but his face was full of character w..

June 1914. Edie Moore is a Governess for Lord and Lady Moreland living comfortably at the grand Down..

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

Victoria is astonished when she discovers an abandoned newborn baby on her doorstep along with a not..

Bridget Kittrick headstrong and independent is ready to show her worth when she's left in charge of ..

In 1860?s Yorkshire a woman?s fortune belongs to her husband - regardless of a so-called-gentleman?s..