Manchester 1922. Molly Watson has had enough. Engaged for the last three years to a penny-pinching p..

Grace and Dougie have been courting for years so when Dougie decides to emigrate to Australia he exp..

1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled but deep down she is ..

Annabella LaGrange was the only child of a wealthy family owners of a glassworks in the North-East o..

1940. As the bombs rain down on London a close-knit community struggles to survive. Working at the l..

After Ruth Dixon's mother deserts her on Christmas Eve her father comes home drunk and commits an un..

Liverpool 1940. As the Luftwaffe turns its attention to Liverpool Shane Quinn decides to move his fa..

Between work and home life there's plenty to keep Flo occupied. Not least new deputy store manager H..

In 1946 Alice Quigley returns to her childhood home on Penny Lane having lost her house in Bootle an..

The cinder path which led from the Northumberland farmhouse would always symbolise defeat for Charli..

Determined not to waste his life toiling for his cruel brother Silas arrives in town to seek his for..

Hull 1852. Matty has been the mother to her three younger sisters since their mother’s death ten y..

Dympna Byrne lives a simple life with her family on the Connemara coast. She adores her father Miche..

A body neatly wrapped in brown paper is found by the gardener Mr Turtle on his garden rubbish heap. ..

Martha Packer is much loved by everyone in the village of Hillsbridge. As the landlady of The Three ..