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

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With no one to rely on, she must make an unthinkable choice... Mari Evans has always known life woul..

When her grandmother dies Catherine Llewellyn finds herself alone in the world. Her inheritance is a..

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

It's August 1917 and WW1 continues to take a toll. The villagers of Dorcalon try to keep hope alive;..

Imogen Rita and Debby all missed the original evacuation and now the authorities are finding it diff..

It is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital o..

From the ashes of the war can love blossom? Rhian Gray left her home in Sweyn’s Eye to make a life..

1879: Shipwrecked off the west coast of Australia Louisa Reynolds is aided by an aboriginal girl and..

In 1930s Scotland families are starving and thousands of farms lie derelict. But Fairlyden has survi..

1941 the Isle of Dogs. Neglected by their drunken mother young Bella Doyle and her brother Terry ar..

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

As Christmas 1938 approaches the staff at the Nightingale Hospital have their own wishes for the fes..

Rosemary Palmer-Farr loves farming and animals and has spent much of her childhood at Bengairney Far..

Spring 1919. WW1 might be over but the inhabitants of Dorcalon in the Welsh Valleys still feel the p..

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When Alice Verinder’s beloved sister Lydia goes missing Alice boards the Orient Express bound for ..

Valentina's mother had always made it clear to her that her brother Michael was the favourite child...

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

Three very different girls sign up as trainee nurses at a big London teaching hospital in 1934. Dora..

Annabella LaGrange was the only child of a wealthy family owners of a glassworks in the North-East o..

Ever since the death of her beloved husband Peter Caroline's life in Bath has not been the same. Fri..

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

Molly Keatley is deeply contented with her life her loving husband and her comfortable home. That al..

The Broadhursts were a mining family and to outsiders they appeared to be happy loyal and united. Bu..

When Kate Mitchell was offered the job of part-time secretary at Tor-Fret a lonely old house on the ..

Adam and Polly Fitch face a bleak future after being sold for just five shillings to Miss Reed's orp..

It is war-time Britain and seduced by her brother-in-law Frances 16 becomes pregnant and is banished..

1935: As the Depression bites beautiful Lindy Gillan dreams of getting away from her boring life in ..

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

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

Annie Swinburn had killed a man - the killing was well-deserved for Francis Morton had been evil in ..

Tasmania 1929: Ten-year-old-twins Tom and Harry Abbott are orphaned by a tragedy that shocks Hobart ..

1937. Alice Edith and Marg face hardships every day growing up on one of the poorest streets in Blac..

High above the river stood the small terrace of miners' cottages known as Fenwick Houses. And here d..

A heart-breaking choice between love and duty...York 1886. Sarah-Lou has just left school and is re..

December 1938. Rozalin Sachs has grown up in the vibrant city of Frankfurt. But with the Nazi Revolu..

In the wake of World War Two the whole country is desperate for houses with very little money availa..

As the war takes its toll the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country…Dora is th..

Ruth has looked after her brothers for ten years since the death of their parents and believes that ..

Birmingham and the women of Lilac Street have had more than their fair share of troubles . . . Rose ..

Charlotte knew nothing of her parents except that they'd died when she was a child. And when her aun..

1939. The first London evacuees arrive in St David’s Well homesick and disappointed by the quiet W..

Orphaned Eliza Dunlop has been working as a companion to a rich but cantankerous old lady Miss Grego..

Liz MacMillan has wanted to be a nurse ever since her baby brother died of scarlet fever but her dom..

It is 1918; the Kaiser’s empire is about to fall and Captain Harry Phillips a prisoner of war in a..

1942. Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub isn't fulfilling 19-year-old Trix..

Manchester 1922. Nancy Pike is out of her depth. A pupil at the Miss Heskeths' school for surplus gi..

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Mary Jenkins has every reason to be proud; from humble beginnings she has risen to become the overse..

When forest protests engulf a tiny Tasmanian timber town one family's century of secrets threatens t..

Shaftesbury 1936. Mansfield House Hotel has been a refuge for Emily ever since she was orphaned at t..

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Hampshire 1850. Under the watchful eyes of her guardian Lord Edward Sharland and an excellent estate..

Miranda Lovage and her mother have a blazing row when Arabella tells her daughter that she can no lo..

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

Dorset 1876. When young Beatrice Cullen shows up in the local church with her illegitimate child in ..

Manchester 1941. When Cordelia’s daughter arrives home unexpectedly she can't wait to introduce he..

When Carrie Chapman signs up to be an ambulance attendant at the outbreak of World War Two she has l..

Even in wartime East End girl Nancy Evans has reason to hope. She's a rising star in the Women's Aux..

Jane Hadley has nothing to lose when she runs away to join the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Whatever..

There would be trouble at Paradise . . . From birth Polly Harper seems destined for tragedy. Raised ..

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

Cock Shield Farm 1881. After Molly Geary finds herself pregnant with landowner Angus McBain's child ..

The Lake District 1908.It seems as though Livia Ella and Maggie Angel lead a charmed life on a large..

It is March 1950 and Honey Brown marries the farmer she adores - August Blake Esq. With her mother-i..

Andrew Sanderson brilliant surgeon and renowned musician is still grieving the death of his wife Mar..

In the aftermath of the Second World War two women leave England for new lives as GI brides. Gracie ..

It's the final year of training for three young nurses at The Nightingale Hospital. Helen is at a cr..

Evacuated to Lincolnshire from the East End Jenny Mercer is frightened of the wide open spaces and t..

As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore Sarah Fuller and her sister Jane are forced to leav..

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