Liverpool 1848. Meg Shaw is the middle child of eight siblings not old enough to bring in a wage to ..

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

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

Someone had once told Emma Molinero the daughter of an itinerant carnival performer that she was mad..

As a small child Nellie Peace was always dreaming but sensed her mother’s rejection. Abandoned and..

Dora Fairweather wasn't cut out to be a wife and mother and as soon as she's able she turns her back..

Jenny starts her training as a nanny but does she have what it takes - and will her family survive w..

Cambridgeshire - March 1939As the clouds of war begin to gather in Europe the Talbot family of rural..

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

Liverpool 1847. At 17 Delilah Shaw is the eldest of the eight Shaw siblings and the one who must tak..

In 1860’s Yorkshire a woman’s fortune belongs to her husband - regardless of a so-called-gentlem..

Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland newly stationed at the MacKay estate. When th..

1944. With deadly doodlebugs terrorising London Bessie Rushbrook agrees to give shelter to eight-yea..

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

Gosport 1943. Eadie Joy and Maureen are all doing their bit to help Britain win the war. Their work ..

To outsiders Dr Paul Higgins' life appeared to be happy and contented. Everyone had a good word for ..

Jonathan Ratcliffe is the successful manager of Affleck and Tate's engineering works. He has succeed..

On the day that her youngest child leaves home Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a mat..

Cliffehaven 1947. In the wake of heartbreaking loss Roisin Reilly makes a promise to her granddaught..

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

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

She's on trial for murder. . . Now it's her turn to tell her story. . . The truth is that I loved Ja..

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

Kathleen Gallagher is 16 when she shares her first kiss with Liam Flynn the older brother of her bes..

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

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

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

1943. After the heartache of the previous year Connie Baxter now appears to have everything a girl c..

Working at the Foyles bookshop was Molly Cooper's dream job. But with the country at war she's deter..

Aurora Pettigrew has a loving family a nice home a comfortable life. She's waiting for the right man..

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

Gilly Jenkins is the third generation to bake for her family firm. Also on Bread Street in the same ..

Rose has a promising future stretching out before her until a cruel twist of fate seizes it. Will sh..

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

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

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

After Pearl's home is destroyed in the Exeter Blitz so too are her dreams of performing onstage. Fin..

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

1950. Seventeen-year-old Josephine Cliffe and her younger sister Eliza have the perfect lives wantin..

In Battenbun Northumberland there live four Puddleton men - Grandpop Old Popo Pop and Peter. Three o..

The hedonism of London in the roaring twenties is a world away from Annabel Tarleton's ordinary coun..

Her name was Hannah Boyle but to the people of the village she would always be 'The Girl' - Matthew ..

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

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

Lincolnshire 1854. After much reflection Caroline Lawson has accepted Max Cavendish's marriage propo..

Young Luke Tyler has everything going for him: brains looks and a larrikin charm that turns heads. T..

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

When Lucy's estranged mother dies unexpectedly her grief is overwhelming. Lucy was disowned when she..

London 1950Peggy Ronoscki is happily settling into life running her guesthouse on Mulberry Lane surr..

Blackpool 1903. When young Elisha loses her parents she clings to Primula Cottage - the only home he..

1864. Following the untimely death of her cold-hearted husband Beatrix and her three children are fi..

London's East End 1940. A frightened young woman gives birth to a tiny baby. Clearly alone she refus..

1939. When the man Georgie has always loved is sent to France on a secret mission every knock of the..

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

Rationing bombing disease and pit disasters are part of Rose Kelly's World War 2 childhood. When the..

1944. Rosie Sinclair is proud to be doing her bit for the war effort as a driver at Cottisbourne Par..

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

The year is 1944 and in South Wales 17-year-old pit miner's daughter Rosa Edwards has just secured a..

When the Gallachers received an invitation from the Duke of Moorshire to attend an evening at Lea Ha..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As World War II takes its toll on Liverpool only friendship and community can keep the women of Weav..

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

The Great War is over and Millie is ready to leave her loving family home and be a wife to Jeremy. B..

When Molly Holden’s husband Thomas is convicted of being a Luddite on the word of a secret informe..

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

Since escaping his family’s notoriety in Australia Will Kidd has been content to live the life of ..

Livia Blake has lost her husband and faces a crossroads. Her friend suggests she would make an excel..

Prudence Dudley was a woman who appeared to have everything: an undeniably attractive woman who had ..

Join the Marsh family again as they spend Christmas with Millie and Jeremy at Chateau Dumont. It's a..

London 1923. Cyril Black is finally out of prison. Rather than going home to his wife and son he vis..

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

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

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

The war to end all wars has come to an end and Nell Tanner is overjoyed to have her father home. But..