England 1940s. Minnie has spent most of her life feeling like a plain Jane watching things happen ar..

1853. In the serene countryside of rural Yorkshire Caroline and Trixie's unbreakable bond forged ami..

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

October 1941. Despite the hardships of life during wartime Bobby Bancroft has never been happier. En..

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

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

When orphaned Jake Harding is sent away from his adoptive home aged just seven he does not understan..

Young widow Julia Nance has found happiness again running her beloved guesthouse Fairlight but with ..

1875. Terrified that her life is in danger in her abusive marriage Emma flees to the safety of Night..

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

1939. When war sends five displaced children to her door Dodie Fitznorton knows life will never be t..

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

Can she finally put herself first in order to find love? Peggy Cassidy is a milly working in the Bel..

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

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

Carrie Anderson's business selling books at her local train station is thriving and with her beloved..

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

October 1941. Marianne Fordham has a lot to cope with. As well as taking care of her young daughter ..

Victoria is on her way to Churchwood looking for a life away from the dangers of wartime London for ..

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

In the Nightingale Hospital Matron Helen finds herself playing surrogate mother to her newly disco..

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

England 1941. Dedicated local vet Laura cares for the farm animals of the little village of Bramble ..

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

Sylvia Joy and Pearl are preparing to compete in a major national ballroom competition - not easy in..

Kent 1822. Fearing for his life Thomas Marsh has fled Castle Bay and found work as a mill hand deep ..

Bolton Lancashire: 1943. Livvy knows that her family's survival rests on her shoulders - with her pa..

Manchester December 1940. This winter the girls boarding at Star House - Betty Sally and Lorna - are..

Manchester 1944. Alison is thriving in her rewarding role at the railways. But when family tragedy s..

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

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

Georgina Corrigan is worried. The first women sent to her Percy Place home by the BOBs - an organisa..

1945 Sunderland. Ida Boulter makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave her five children behind as..

It was a wartime white wedding but it was not a love match. Annie Cooper married George McCabe for o..

Helen Bygrove is managing the hotel now that her husband has been conscripted. Against all expectati..

Chambermaid Fanny is thanking her lucky stars she has had a second chance at life. As an unmarried m..

London October 1940. Dot is finding her independence and takes a full-time role as an ARP warden. As..

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

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

1939. The threat of war is looming over Blackpool but Martha and Trisha are determined not to let it..

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

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

1890. Alice is the sole bread-winner for her family working at the local cotton mill. But when she s..

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

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

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

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

1952. With smog blanketing London little Grace is in trouble. Her grandmother is dangerously ill but..

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

As the Great War engulfs Europe 21-year-old Ruby Archer decides to 'do her bit' at an East End munit..

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

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

In the dead of night a young woman is found on the doorstep of the House of Help for Friendless Girl..

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

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

Having recently arrived in England abandoned by her father and brother Isabella is left to look afte..

There were plenty around Fellburn who said Maggie Rowan was as plain as a pikestaff a woman consumed..

It's been several years since Kitty Cavanah's life was turned upside down when her family made the p..

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

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

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

London 1930s. Years after she first fled to South Shields Cathy is known by everyone as the landlady..

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

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

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

Olivia Brodie is a devoted parlourmaid serving the Broadbent family at Hawthorn Manor and spending p..

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

Manchester 1960. When you're young unmarried and pregnant in a shaming society that will never under..

Agnes Cavanah has watched her mother Kitty struggle to put food on the table ever since they crossed..