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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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