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

December 1930. With the Depression biting deeper it looks like many children in the East End will wa..

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

Jane Hadley has nothing to lose when she runs away to join the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Whatever..

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

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

The close loving family life Rose has known is shattered when the country goes to war. Rose resolves..

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

London 1942. Charlotte Fenimore is back home on a week's leave from the Women's Auxiliary Airforce. ..

Kent 1814. Molly Dawson now a respectable married woman lives with her husband and three daughters o..

Dover 1864. Violet Rayfield leads a happy life with her family in a beautiful terrace on Camden Cres..

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

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

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

Aurora Pettigrew has a loving family a nice home a comfortable life. She's waiting for the right man..