When tragedy strikes Libby Gilbert is left homeless and destitute fending for herself on the capital..

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

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

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

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

When her mother dies in childbirth Pearl Edwards is left in the care of her aunt Annie Grafton. Anni..

Liverpool 1940. As the Luftwaffe turns its attention to Liverpool Shane Quinn decides to move his fa..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

Lancashire 1842. Sixteen-year-old Bessie works long hours as a weaver in Blackburn helping to suppor..

1943. Gloria is reunited with her sweetheart Jack. But her sons Bobby and Gordon are away with the N..

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

Lancashire 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name and a brave step towards a happier life. Sudde..

Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works with her younger sister Bea. Wh..

Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry and it falls to her to become sol..

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

Lancashire 1930s. When her mother dies leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's iden..

Yorkshire 1944. The end of the war feels close but Air Transport Auxiliary girls Bobbie Viv and Mary..

Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons most of them bastards. But to all of them he passed o..

When Pearl’s grandmother Nell dies unexpectedly she and her family - mother Diana sister Lucy - re..

Eighteen-year-old Connie Baxter works as an usherette at the Criterion Picture House in Gosport. Her..

It’s January 1955 and for the residents of Meadow Lane a small community of seven terraced houses ..

A life of poverty in a cramped pit cottage is all that 17-year-old Ruby Dinsdale has known. Even wit..

The Llewelyn family's livelihood largely depends on the ferry run by Siona Llewelyn the kindly yet r..

1945. War is over and people are celebrating but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire Judith..

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

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

“She's not worth more than tuppence that child!” Those are the words that haunt Sadie Linthorpe...

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

Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia. She's not intending to stay long but after track..

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

In the wake of World War Two the whole country is desperate for houses with very little money availa..

Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death Stella comes into some money unexpecte..

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

Liverpool 1939. Olivia Campbell appears to have the perfect life. However behind closed doors she li..

It's 1959 and eighteen-year-old Sophie is determined that now is the time for her real life to start..

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

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

An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream but not so for Paula. She's happy and secure in Wes..

Meriel grows up in England a tomboy helping her beloved grandfather with DIY. At school she discover..

Even as a child Barbara was beautiful but as her beauty grew so did the affliction which shadowed it..

Bridget Kittrick headstrong and independent is ready to show her worth when she's left in charge of ..

Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

Lancashire 1934. When Tam Crawford is unexpectedly bequeathed some money he can finally realise his ..

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

It wasn't a privileged childhood but it was a happy one. Sybil and Lizzie Cream brought up in a fish..

Lancashire 1895. When her controlling stepfather suddenly dies it seems that Elinor Pendleton finall..

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

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

Each generation of the Mallen family has been cursed with a dramatic white streak in their jet-black..

As war finally draws to a close what will victory and peacetime bring for the south coast's Bluebird..

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

When a newborn baby girl is found abandoned with nothing but a scarlet ribbon tied to her basket Ava..

Tilly was first a rich man's mistress then a frontier wife and now a widow. With her two children ha..

Tilly Trotter has devotedly served Mark Sopwith at Highfield Manor for twelve years. She is his wife..

As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..

After a stray bomb destroyed his childhood home the only thing that has kept Francis Brady going is ..

Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend shocked to hear she's going to marry a guy she's..