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

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

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

When Ella Burton takes a job as a lowly cleaner at the glamorous Palace theatre in Swansea she is su..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With her husband Nick away fighting Dora struggles to keep the home fires burning but finds herself ..

After a stray bomb destroyed his childhood home the only thing that has kept Francis Brady going is ..

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

Lancashire 1842. Sixteen-year-old Bessie works long hours as a weaver in Blackburn helping to suppor..

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

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

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

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

1945. War is over and people are celebrating but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire Judith..

As the Houses of York and Lancaster clash young Elizabeth Sheldyke is married off to the ageing mast..

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

When Polly Anna’s mother died when she was just three years old it seemed the workhouse was the on..

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

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

Headmaster Theodore Quinn has lived in Liverpool since coming over from America to fight for Britain..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After the death of her mother during childbirth Beth is left to care for her father and two older br..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sixteen-year-old Jeannie spends most of her time at Scarborough Harbour - she is a net mender and he..

Welcome to the district nurses’ home on Steeple Street where everyone has a secret…Ambitious you..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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