January 1942. With female conscription now in place the Spitfire production line at the Bell Works F..

January 1942. The new year brings heartache for Bobby Bancroft. Not only must she say goodbye to her..

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

1875. Terrified that her life is in danger in her abusive marriage Emma flees to the safety of Night..

Manchester 1941. Kept apart by war work bombs and blackouts Lorna and her beloved George cherish eve..

Life on the river has never been easy for Tilly and Sam but they've built a home filled with love. J..

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

January 1945. The end of the war at last feels within reach and the Rowntrees workers dream of retur..

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

London's East End 1940. A frightened young woman gives birth to a tiny baby. Clearly alone she refus..

Naomi is upset to find a nasty anonymous letter land on her doorstep. Who could've sent something li..

When Sheena is forced to move back to Kiltie Street she is unsure how she will start all over again...

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

Northumberland 1909. When Shona Hardy's husband is lost at sea she finds herself alone in a village ..

1939. When war sends five displaced children to her door Dodie Fitznorton knows life will never be t..

His full name is Joseph Rooney Smith and he works for the corporation of one of the Tyneside towns a..

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

After the death of her mother whom she had spent her life caring for Ruth Latham is lucky to find wo..

There are men who can at times be stirred by the power and conflict of their own emotions to the poi..

Sisters Alice and Annie have always been close but will a man come between them? Annie and Alice lov..

1876. Life is happy for ten-year-old Rebecca Wheeler in the small fishing village of Leonard's Bay. ..

Jonathan Ratcliffe is the successful manager of Affleck and Tate's engineering works. He has succeed..

Norfolk 1944. Great Plumstead is buzzing with news that the American GIs have arrived on the nearby ..

Alice and Isaac have been close friends since childhood but their paths diverge when they discover t..

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

Holcombe Hall 1931. Florrie Bickerstaff has finally settled in as the new Housekeeper of Holcombe Ha..

Harry Blenheim wasn't what you might call a good-looking fellow but his face was full of character w..

Young widow Julia Nance has found happiness again running her beloved guesthouse Fairlight but with ..

In Battenbun Northumberland there live four Puddleton men - Grandpop Old Popo Pop and Peter. Three o..

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

Seven years ago Charlotte Russell's father walked out on her family. Ever since the task of caring f..

BLACKPOOL 1914. Seventeen-year-old Maddie has grown up in a boarding house on one of Blackpool's poo..

Chambermaid Fanny is thanking her lucky stars she has had a second chance at life. As an unmarried m..

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

Nan Turpin is in trouble again accused of stealing. She's guilty. Cast out by her family she turns t..

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

Gosport 1943. Eadie Joy and Maureen are all doing their bit to help Britain win the war. Their work ..

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

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

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

Evacuated to the countryside she realises there are more dangers than German bombs in wartime… Can..

Slung out from her home and onto the slum streets of Manchester at the tender age of twelve Perdita ..

Lincolnshire 1854. After much reflection Caroline Lawson has accepted Max Cavendish's marriage propo..

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

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

When Betty and her best friend Sally discover a baby tucked in a blanket amongst the rubble at the M..

Can she finally put herself first in order to find love? Peggy Cassidy is a milly working in the Bel..

Liverpool 1942. As the threat of war draws closer Isla Donahue seeks solace in her sweetheart Rory. ..

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

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

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

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

It's April 1944 England is preparing to take the war back into Europe and the girls of the Air Trans..

Olivia Brodie is a devoted parlourmaid serving the Broadbent family at Hawthorn Manor and spending p..

London 1941. The war has robbed eight-year-old orphan Elsie of everything except her older brother J..

When the Gallachers received an invitation from the Duke of Moorshire to attend an evening at Lea Ha..

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

May 1910. The village of Oystertown is home to those who make their living from the sea. Yet social ..

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

Kent 1828. Lizzie Carey of Castle Bay is trapped in a life she never chose - endless days of cooking..