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

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

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

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

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

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

After the tragic death of her father aspiring singer Jessie Delaney has been forced to live with her..

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

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

It?s Christmas 1880 in London?s East End and a dying Irish girl leaves her baby in the care of the S..

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

1925. Attractive and strong-willed 23-year-old Isla Scott leaves her job as a nurse in Edinburgh to ..

It?s 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Beac..

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

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

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

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

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

Scotland 1722: on a windswept island an enigmatic poetess foretells tragedy and the birth of an extr..

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

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

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

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

Liverpool 1935. Monica Savage is delighted when the Copperfields move in next door and she quickly b..

Germany 1939: Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport unsure that she'll ever see her parents agai..

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

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

Halifax 1876. On the death of her mother and sister Isabelle Gibson is left to fend for herself and ..

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

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

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

Having lost her father during the Great War and her mother a famous French impressionist painter in ..

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

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

Throughout County Tipperary the three sisters were known as the Sisters O'Donnell. Together they mov..

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

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

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

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

When Tamsin Hardy returns home from her post as a lady?s maid to attend her mother?s sickbed her chi..

A new century brings change to Eden Harris's ordered world. Despite years of service to the Bradbury..

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

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

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

A poignant touching and epic tale of lost love set against the drama and danger of World War Two. 19..

With her dreams of dominating Melbourne's fashion scene in tatters Nella Martini returns to Torrente..

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

Lily and Vincent have been dancing everything from the waltz to the foxtrot together since they were..

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

Liverpool 1939. Olivia Campbell appears to have the perfect life. However behind closed doors she li..

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

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..

The youngest of five siblings Lottie Mortimer has never felt like she belonged. Her mother died shor..

Kate Channer is settled in London helping her half-sister Naomi as housekeeper while the Great War r..

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

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

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

1850. Beatrix is just 18 when her father tells her she is to marry a stranger. Upon meeting her futu..

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

As war finally draws to a close what will victory and peacetime bring for the south coast's Bluebird..

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

Welcome to the district nurses? home on Steeple Street where everyone has a secret?Ambitious young n..

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

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

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

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

Devon 1918. When Jessie Hale loses her nursing job she leaves London to become the nurse maid to the..

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

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

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

1943 and The Bluebird Girls are at the top of their game. They are touring with ENSA visiting army b..

Eighteen-year-old Connie Baxter works as an usherette at the Criterion Picture House in Gosport. Her..

Jessica is grieving for her beloved father Jacob Kingdom a trawler owner fondly remembered by his cr..

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

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

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

When a newborn baby girl is found abandoned with nothing but a scarlet ribbon tied to her basket Ava..

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

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

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

After spending time combatting terrorists in Malaya James Dering returns to Scotland. He starts a ne..

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

1936. West Yorkshire is home to a gleaming brand-new telephone exchange where Cynthia Norma and Mill..

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

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

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