September 1940. The height of the Blitz. When The Savoy advertises its series of underground shelter..

London 1897. The capital is shocked to learn that the body of a woman has been found at the National..

Manchester 1922. Nancy Pike is out of her depth. A pupil at the Miss Heskeths' school for surplus gi..

Christmas Eve 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered for another legendary cel..

Manchester 1941. When Cordelia’s daughter arrives home unexpectedly she can't wait to introduce he..

Manchester 1942. A new year brings new hope for the railway girls. Alison's romance with Dr Maitland..

Emily Soldene's life spanned the entire Victorian era. As both leading lady and a formidable impresa..

Meet Lord James Harrington and his wife Beth. They adore hosting seasonal events in the village of C..

When Englishwoman Frances McDonald sets up home in a remote South African hamlet she is regarded wit..

England 1238. Raised at the court of King Henry III as a chamber lady to the queen young Joanna of S..

Abigail Beadle has given two decades of her life to caring for her late father and looking after the..

When an old television rival Deirdre Shaw is found dead at the Cotswolds manor house where she was c..

Preparing a midwinter's feast for all hundred residents of the little Yorkshire village of Scrafton ..

Four men had arranged to fly to Dublin. When their aeroplane descended as a fireball into the Irish ..

As the thick autumnal fog chokes the capital within the fire-lit lounge of London's notorious Brimst..