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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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