August 1940. The war is raging in Europe but on the home front conflict still seems far away. Dot li..

When Maisie Vasey leaves her husband and brings her daughter to live on Pendragon Island she causes ..

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

August 1941: As war sweeps across Britain and millions of men enlist women must fight the battle on ..

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

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

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

Wales 1943. Sara Lewis should be heartbroken when her husband doesn't return from war. But he was ne..

Deep in the wild fen country Rosamund Morley lived a cloistered poverty-stricken existence with her ..

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

After the Second World War Ellen and her daughter Netta make the journey from Germany back to Scotla..

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

Roddy Greenbank was brought by his father to the remote Northumberland community of Langley in the a..

Wales 1908. Still grieving the tragic death of her father and deserted by her stepmother Nellie Rhia..

Life on the Fifteen Streets was a continual struggle for survival. John O'Brien grew up in abject po..