1879: Shipwrecked off the west coast of Australia Louisa Reynolds is aided by an aboriginal girl and..

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

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

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

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

Hull 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When during ..

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..

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..

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

Sarah Foster’s parents have been fighting a constant battle with poverty. When her father Will is ..

Daniel has lived his whole life with his mother adoptive father and his stepbrothers and sister in a..

After Pearl's home is destroyed in the Exeter Blitz so too are her dreams of performing onstage. Fin..

Orphaned Jenny and her chimney sweep brother Noah eke out life in a cellar dwelling in the heart of ..