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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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