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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

March 1944 West London: It's been five months since Verity Clement fled home for a life on Britain's..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Between work and home life there's plenty to keep Flo occupied. Not least new deputy store manager H..

January 1945 West London: Sylvia Simpson has become an invaluable member of the Marigold's crew - bu..

Tammy and her mother Grace are desperate to escape Tammy's violent bully of a father. But when an un..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland newly stationed at the MacKay estate. When th..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

1942. Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub isn't fulfilling 19-year-old Trix..

But there is more tragedy still to come and Flo and her friends will need each other more than ever ..

Monica Eustace and Joan McDonald met as next-door-neighbours living in Mersey View in Liverpool. Tho..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Liverpool 1935. Monica Savage is delighted when the Copperfields move in next door and she quickly b..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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