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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1931 Cornwall. Lynette Nicholls lost her brother exactly a year ago in a tragic air training acciden..

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

Cliffehaven December 1946_x000D_From a hill above the town of Cliffehaven a young woman makes a hear..

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

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

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

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

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