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

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

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

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

Spring 1943. After a visit to see her mother in Sussex with Ned it's time for VAD nurse Evie Jones t..

As the Great War rages Jack's toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street Durham is threa..

Victoria is astonished when she discovers an abandoned newborn baby on her doorstep along with a not..

York 1940. World War Two has arrived for the girls of the Rowntree's factory and with rationing crip..

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

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

Liverpool 1861. Annie Shaw longs to be taken seriously. At 14 she's fed up of being babied by her bi..

Surrey 1940. Overhead the Battle of Britain rages. Below at the Poppy Factory disabled WWI veterans ..

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

The year of 1947 is almost upon them and the community of Cliffehaven is still reeling from the trag..

Seventeen-year-old Elise Bouchard has always called Northern France home. But when her English fathe..

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

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

As Europe edges closer to war Bella's world is focused on avoiding a future like her mother's. She d..

It's late summer 1940 and Isla Donahue's idyllic lifestyle comes to an abrupt end when her father se..

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

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

July 1942. Newlywed Bobby Atherton has barely had time to experience married life with her airman hu..

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

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

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

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

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

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

When Olive receives a letter in the post from the father of her daughter - American soldier Joe - sh..