Margate 1884. When 17-year-old Hannah Bentley fled the family home she never dreamed she'd find her ..

Christmas Eve 1936. On a foggy December night a pregnant woman walks out in front of a trolley bus a..

1850. Beatrix is just 18 when her father tells her she is to marry a stranger. Upon meeting her futu..

London 1942: Flo Canning's heart is beyond repair following the news that she has been dreading sinc..

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 ..

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 ..

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 ..

Having recently arrived in England abandoned by her father and brother Isabella is left to look afte..

Summer 1942. Britain is in the depths of war and the Women's Land Army is hard at work looking after..

It's 1941 and as the Second World War rages on girls from all over the country are signing up to the..

1856. Christine Banner is alone after her father's death. Determined to make her own way in the worl..

October 1942. Viola loves her new job away from the factory and hopes that her romance with the hand..