Mary Jenkins has every reason to be proud; from humble beginnings she has risen to become the overse..

Sally who married young to escape her appalling childhood is often left to bitterly reflect on the h..

On the day that her youngest child leaves home Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a mat..

As the men fight and the war rages there are some new arrivals on the farm. . . Cambridgeshire - 194..

December 1938. Rozalin Sachs has grown up in the vibrant city of Frankfurt. But with the Nazi Revolu..

Young Jeanette Walker often wonders what became of her mother who disappeared without trace during a..

Manchester 1942. When Cordelia's daughter Emily falls for a young chap who doesn't meet the approval..

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a ch..

1939. When the man Georgie has always loved is sent to France on a secret mission every knock of the..

London Spring 1920. Harpers is beginning to flourish once more after the end of the war but for Sall..

It is 1931 and once again Europe is heading towards disaster. Life must go on however and a new gene..

Germany 1939: Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport unsure that she'll ever see her parents agai..

In Western Australia Sarah chuckles as she describes her final will and testament - which will throw..

The Lake District 1908.It seems as though Livia Ella and Maggie Angel lead a charmed life on a large..

1666. A child is born in the farmhouse at Windebank in Yorkshire. Named Rejoice (Joy) by her dying f..

Manchester 1867. Mara longs for a peaceful life free of violence and poverty. But she has married in..

Norfolk 1944. Phylly is a Land Girl on Catchetts Farm. She and her friend Gracie are doing their bit..

When war broke out 17-year-old Christie could have stayed down on the family farm in Norfolk where s..

In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street Durham. A..

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

1914. Evie Munro is a Scottish fisher girl working the herring season from Wick to Great Yarmouth. F..

It’s 1957 and three young women are beginning their nursing training at the Florence Nightingale H..

As war rages across Europe in Dundee the Neill family continues to face challenges and hardships. Ro..

London 1914. While young men enlist up and down the country the Nightingale Hospital has its own set..

Olivia Bone and her siblings haven?t had an easy life. But then Livvie's fiance Joe is killed at Ypr..

The Broadhursts were a mining family and to outsiders they appeared to be happy loyal and united. Bu..

Deep in the wild fen country Rosamund Morley lived a cloistered poverty-stricken existence with her ..

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

February 1945. When April Green's father is killed by a bomb life without him is hard to bear. April..

Canterbury 1853. Agnes Berry-Clay might have been born into rags but she is growing up with riches. ..

Sunderland 1941Gloria is smitten with her newly arrived bundle of joy but baby Hope's first weeks ar..

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and la..

Lancashire 1932. Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester with his sickly daughter Cathie scrimpi..

Is love just an illusion? To the outside Clare has everything: a beautiful home a devoted husband an..

Liverpool 1942. Though they may be posted miles apart Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronge..

Australia 1853. Settled in the colony Ellen is determined to make a happy new life for her family an..

Maddy lives with her grandmother in a tumbledown farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales. The house has bee..

White Waltham 1943. As Italy surrenders and victory looms on the horizon Ellie's doing what she does..

After her mother's death Dora is sent to live with her father and his other family. But Dora is mixe..

Judith is suddenly all alone in the world. Her husband Jack has left her - why she doesn't really kn..

1939. Eve Armstrong is being evacuated to Devon. As the train pulls out of London she takes a last l..

Neighbours Edie Kelsey and Lil Horton have been friends for over 20 years the wives of fishermen in ..

1938 Britain and Germany are on the brink of war and tension and fear is felt throughout Europe. In ..

Hampshire 1940. Ellie Simpson is attached to an Air Transport Auxiliary base in Hampshire. Life as a..

As war approaches Alice Edith and Marg fear for the safety of their families while trying to decide ..

Alice an upper-class Londoner is recruited into the Special Operations Executive and sent to Paris w..

After the sudden and brutal breakdown of her marriage Jenny finds herself alone for the first time i..

Living on the edge of the beautiful Norfolk Broads with her father the only ripple in Tess Delamere'..

1942. The ATA is calling upon its most trusted pilots to deliver precious bombers wherever they're n..

1930 the Isle of Dogs. Young Lily Bright works long hours on a market stall selling furniture and b..

Eleanor Saint loves helping in the community of her small mining town even though her snobbish grand..

A little girl is found abandoned on a beach one chilly Monday in October alone apart from the body o..

Cece is gifted a cottage in the Scottish Highlands. She doesn't want a cottage or to go to Scotland...

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

LONDON 1917. As the Americans enter the War there is renewed energy in the war effort. With husbands..

Sixteen-year-old Charlotte Kirby believes she's all alone in the world when her mother is killed in ..

1961. Lucia once dreamed of a man who would love her. She has lost hope because what man would when ..

A heart-breaking choice between love and duty...York 1886. Sarah-Lou has just left school and is re..

It's 1962 and Freda Scott and her five schoolmates are eager to embark on their life journeys. Madly..

As World War One begins no family including the Neylers will be left untouched and by the time the w..

'Any rag and bone!' Everyone recognises the cry of Meg Sutcliffe as she plies her trade along the ba..

September 1942. Mary arrives in London to take up a new post as a fabric-cutter at Liberty's Carnaby..

1910. It's the morning of beautiful 18-year-old Lorne Malcolm's wedding to handsome Daniel MacNeil b..

Christmas time is fast approaching at Mary Vale and newcomer Libby is ready to start a fresh chapter..

It's the late 1950s and change is in the air. For the Napier family up at the big house the old ways..

Coming up 16 Tilly Trotter is different from the other girls in her village. Tall for her age and co..

Devon 1943. In the village of Burracombe 'Dig for Victory' is more than just a wartime slogan. While..

Can she escape her past and start again? Essex 1941_x000D_Unhappy with life at home with her privile..

1944. With deadly doodlebugs terrorising London Bessie Rushbrook agrees to give shelter to eight-yea..

Lake District 1942. Spring is in the air at Mary Vale Mother and Baby Home. Beautiful Stella has bee..

Molly helps run the general store with the help of her retired father Bill Keen. But after the build..

Needing to find a job Betty Dean is sent into service at Stowford House. The work is gruelling and h..

1935: As the Depression bites beautiful Lindy Gillan dreams of getting away from her boring life in ..

With Mulberry Lane's favourite pub The Pig & Whistle undergoing renovation proprietors Peggy and Abl..

Lancashire 1936. With her son Gabriel finally married and her youngest following his dreams of becom..

January 1945. Spring is in the air. And so is victory. . .Wedding bells are ringing at long last for..

Despite being part of the large O'Donnell family Milly has felt alone in the world since her father ..

Alice moves to the village of Churchwood with her retired father just as WWII breaks out. She is des..

The youngest of five siblings Lottie Mortimer has never felt like she belonged. Her mother died shor..

When Kate Mitchell was offered the job of part-time secretary at Tor-Fret a lonely old house on the ..

When Polly Pritchard learns that her husband has been killed in action she brings up their young dau..

1943. After the heartache of the previous year Connie Baxter now appears to have everything a girl c..

An impetuous decision to marry has left the young Lady Caroline widowed and with two estates in her ..

Lancashire 1931. When Finn Carlisle loses his wife and unborn child he spends a few years travelling..

October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper but s..

Having been recently widowed in her forties shy Jane Redfern finally plucks up the courage to go on ..

1901. Tina Rose is the beloved daughter of a wealthy Jewish family while Edward grew up with an abus..