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 ..

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

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..

Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia. She's not intending to stay long but after track..

Molly Keatley is deeply contented with her life her loving husband and her comfortable home. That al..

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..

Pendragon Island is the perfect place for holidays with a stretch of clean golden sand and a gloriou..

Still grieving the death of her watchman husband in a terrorist attack during the Outrages factory w..