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

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

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

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

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

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

September 1940: World War II is raging but Isabel is finally able to escape her unhappy marriage whe..

‘Come on Kathy… tell me a secret’. 1943: Becoming a Home Front nurse meant Kathy Scott was fin..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 1943. The tide of war has turned at last with an Allied victory looking increasingly certain but..

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

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

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

North Atlantic Ocean 1942. Fifteen-year-old Connie is leaving war-torn England for the safer shores ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jess Lacey can’t remember a day when she wasn’t hiding the bruises and cuts inflicted on her by ..

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

The Great War has ended but Jack's toffee factory struggles after years of sugar rations and its tro..

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

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

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

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

Can one young woman find the truth about herself and heal an age-old family secret? Ireland 1937-194..

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

Will she find the strength to start again? When Jenny Gregory leaves wartime London for the quiet to..

Will love or duty be her downfall? Wivenhoe 1940. As war tightens its grip the residents of Harbour ..