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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Life on the river has never been easy for Tilly and Sam but they've built a home filled with love. J..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is 1935 and as Carrie Courtney watches her twin sister Connie marry the man of her dreams Carrie ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As war rages across Europe in Dundee the Neill family continues to face challenges and hardships. Ro..

London 1941. The war has robbed eight-year-old orphan Elsie of everything except her older brother J..

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

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

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

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

When Betty and her best friend Sally discover a baby tucked in a blanket amongst the rubble at the M..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A few days before Christmas Tess Williams rushes into Albert Payne's tobacconist shop with two boys ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After the death of her mother whom she had spent her life caring for Ruth Latham is lucky to find wo..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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