1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled but deep down she is ..

Lancashire 1930s. When her mother dies leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's iden..

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Manchester 1940: the minute war was declared best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home gu..

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

Lizzie Kershaw is an independent spirit; ever since her father's death she has had to be a survivor...

Rowntree's Factory York 1935. The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on..

When World War II breaks out Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the h..

June 1941. When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to take a job as a reporter on The Tyke magazin..

June 1914. Edie Moore is a Governess for Lord and Lady Moreland living comfortably at the grand Down..

East London 1916. The Sanctuary Lane Animal Hospital is proving a huge success. For its founder Ruby..

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

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

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Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

Bridget Kittrick headstrong and independent is ready to show her worth when she's left in charge of ..

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

After falling pregnant unexpectedly 16-year-old Catrin is devastated when her neglectful father send..

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1931 Cornwall. Gwenna Rosdew had no choice but to step up as head of the family after her father was..

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

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Lancashire 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name and a brave step towards a happier life. Sudde..

Even as a child Barbara was beautiful but as her beauty grew so did the affliction which shadowed it..

York 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm...

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

Jane Ashby's pleasant life in the city comes to an abrupt end when her father and brother decide to ..

Summer 1916. Despite the misery of war in the air some things in the small hamlet of Strawbridge rem..

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

Anna and Will have been passing in and out of each other's lives since they were just kids._x000D_No..

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Can she escape her past and start again? Essex 1941_x000D_Unhappy with life at home with her privile..

Sarah is lonely. Living in a small Yorkshire village with just her grandmother for company she longs..

Glasgow 1943. After becoming pregnant out of wedlock only to find out her betrothed was already marr..

Georgina Corrigan is dead! It must be true. It has been printed in the newspapers. How does one prov..

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Liverpool 1942. Though they may be posted miles apart Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronge..

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

In A Wartime Christmas at Rookery House former cook Hettie Brown hears some shocking news making her..

Elsie Weir is trying hard to keep her family together. Living in Kiltie Street tenement in Glasgow w..

Young Bridie O'Hara is torn away from her native Ireland by her father when he is forced to flee the..

An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream but not so for Paula. She's happy and secure in Wes..

1916 Scotland. Five years after leading a strike at the sewing factory newly pregnant Ellen is rushe..

England 1943. With Christmas days away the land girls of Gosling Farm are full of merriment. Only Lo..

Missing home Rachel seizes the opportunity to train as a district nurse in a village near Rochdale e..

Each generation of the Mallen family has been cursed with a dramatic white streak in their jet-black..

Glasgow WW2. Despite being shy and reserved Jeannie finds herself newly engaged to Arthur the day wa..

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Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death Stella comes into some money unexpecte..

When Charity Browne arrives at The Fitzroy Hotel on her way to a country house party she knows there..

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

Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born his mother had ..

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Wesley Curnow a young Cornish miner arrives in the United States to seek an uncle who is working on ..

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As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..

When tragedy strikes Libby Gilbert is left homeless and destitute fending for herself on the capital..

In the mid-1850s life for an orphan was grim as Kirsten MacGregor discovered when her parents died s..

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Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend shocked to hear she's going to marry a guy she's..

Spring 1942. After a difficult few years with her husband Victor Prue's life is about to change in a..

Manchester 1940. By day Betty works cheerfully with her best friend Sally now the manager of the sal..

Hopes are high at the Fitzroy Hotel on Edward VII's Coronation Day. London is full of people celebra..

Australia 1853. Settled in the colony Ellen is determined to make a happy new life for her family an..

Holderness 1988. Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about t..

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

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

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a ch..

In the brooding north country hills a man and a woman fought for the passion they felt for each othe..

At the end of Hawthorn Close there is a charming park which boasts two magnificent magnolia trees an..

When war is declared Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mining town of H..

1944 the darkest days of the war. Trixie and Vi are back in Gosport and doing their bit to help Brit..

Tammy and her mother Grace are desperate to escape Tammy's violent bully of a father. But when an un..

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Leaving Liverpool behind Libby Gilbert embarks on a transformative journey to London with her newfou..

October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper but s..

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

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John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife a son friends but he was isolated from all the people ..

Hetty Affleck is working as a maid at the prestigious Beach Hotel in Littlehampton. Her beau Lorcan ..

Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons most of them bastards. But to all of them he passed o..

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Lancashire 1929. Holcombe Hall's enigmatic owner has passed away and as the roaring 20s come to an e..