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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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