Surrey 1940. Overhead the Battle of Britain rages. Below at the Poppy Factory disabled WWI veterans ..

Helena Standish knows that a good marriage would enhance her father's social status. The wealthy and..

Lizzie finds that life in the Birmingham blitz is hard. Her husband is fighting abroad and her young..

Rosie's family doesn't have much money but she's rich in other ways and when Danny Walsh asks her to..

Rowntree's Factory York 1935. The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on..

Slung out from her home and onto the slum streets of Manchester at the tender age of twelve Perdita ..

January 1942. The new year brings heartache for Bobby Bancroft. Not only must she say goodbye to her..

It is 1945 and in the Yorkshire market town of Middlebeck fifteen-year-old Maisie Jackson is waiting..

As the Great War rages Jack's toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street Durham is threa..

Ten-year-old Amy Farthing miraculously survives the sinking of the Lusitania but loses both her pare..

July 1942. Newlywed Bobby Atherton has barely had time to experience married life with her airman hu..

London 1941. The war has robbed eight-year-old orphan Elsie of everything except her older brother J..

When Lucy's estranged mother dies unexpectedly her grief is overwhelming. Lucy was disowned when she..

Sisters Alice and Annie have always been close but will a man come between them? Annie and Alice lov..

After falling pregnant unexpectedly 16-year-old Catrin is devastated when her neglectful father send..

Ireland 1848. The potato famine has left the Cavanah family destitute. Kitty and Peter manage to sec..

Nurse Marie Larsen has grown used to the challenges of keeping Hull Royal Infirmary running during t..

When World War II breaks out Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the h..

Holderness 1988. Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about t..

Victoria is astonished when she discovers an abandoned newborn baby on her doorstep along with a not..

Seventeen-year-old Elise Bouchard has always called Northern France home. But when her English fathe..

Holcombe Hall 1931. Florrie Bickerstaff has finally settled in as the new Housekeeper of Holcombe Ha..

With her glossy blonde hair natural good looks and fashionable clothes Fiona Norwood the rector's ne..

The war to end all wars has come to an end and Nell Tanner is overjoyed to have her father home. But..

When fifteen-year-old Lily Hayes loses her mother she is forced to leave London to live with her est..

Victoria is on her way to Churchwood looking for a life away from the dangers of wartime London for ..

Young widow Julia Nance has found happiness again running her beloved guesthouse Fairlight but with ..

Carrie Anderson's business selling books at her local train station is thriving and with her beloved..

When Rosalind West leaves her native Durham for a job in London with the Doxbridge Motor Company she..

London October 1940. Dot is finding her independence and takes a full-time role as an ARP warden. As..

When Sheena is forced to move back to Kiltie Street she is unsure how she will start all over again...

Alice and Isaac have been close friends since childhood but their paths diverge when they discover t..

It is August 1900 and ten-year-old Maddy Moon is relishing the prospect of a long summer in Scarboro..

With her mother dead her crippled father a broken and bitter man and her elder brother deeply in deb..

In the autumn of 1942 fifteen year old Ruby is collected from her aunt's guesthouse by her grandfath..

Belfast 1939 and Martha's daughters are beginning to make their way in the world. Irene the eldest i..

There are men who can at times be stirred by the power and conflict of their own emotions to the poi..

When orphaned Jake Harding is sent away from his adoptive home aged just seven he does not understan..

Sylvia Joy and Pearl are preparing to compete in a major national ballroom competition - not easy in..

Lancashire 1929. Holcombe Hall's enigmatic owner has passed away and as the roaring 20s come to an e..

Gosport 1943. Eadie Joy and Maureen are all doing their bit to help Britain win the war. Their work ..

When Betty and her best friend Sally discover a baby tucked in a blanket amongst the rubble at the M..

North Atlantic Ocean 1942. Fifteen-year-old Connie is leaving war-torn England for the safer shores ..

London's East End 1940. A frightened young woman gives birth to a tiny baby. Clearly alone she refus..

Can she finally put herself first in order to find love? Peggy Cassidy is a milly working in the Bel..

Kent 1828. Lizzie Carey of Castle Bay is trapped in a life she never chose - endless days of cooking..

Alice an upper-class Londoner is recruited into the Special Operations Executive and sent to Paris w..

March 1941. After Flo Butterworth loses everything in Manchester's Christmas Blitz she decides to le..

After the death of her mother whom she had spent her life caring for Ruth Latham is lucky to find wo..

1938 Britain and Germany are on the brink of war and tension and fear is felt throughout Europe. In ..

Seven years ago Charlotte Russell's father walked out on her family. Ever since the task of caring f..

Gilly Jenkins is the third generation to bake for her family firm. Also on Bread Street in the same ..

Young Jeanette Walker often wonders what became of her mother who disappeared without trace during a..

Northumberland 1909. When Shona Hardy's husband is lost at sea she finds herself alone in a village ..

1945 Sunderland. Ida Boulter makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave her five children behind as..

Allan Jamieson is hailed as a hero of the Great War but inside he is so affected by his experience t..

1876. Life is happy for ten-year-old Rebecca Wheeler in the small fishing village of Leonard's Bay. ..

May 1910. The village of Oystertown is home to those who make their living from the sea. Yet social ..

Manchester 1941. Kept apart by war work bombs and blackouts Lorna and her beloved George cherish eve..

1941 the Isle of Dogs. Neglected by their drunken mother young Bella Doyle and her brother Terry ar..

1950. Seventeen-year-old Josephine Cliffe and her younger sister Eliza have the perfect lives wantin..

When war is declared Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mining town of H..

Norfolk 1944. Great Plumstead is buzzing with news that the American GIs have arrived on the nearby ..

Maureen Matthews has always been a 'deep one' with her head in the clouds and secrets in her heart. ..

Despite an early life marked by tragedy and hardship Beth Sherwin dreams of staying on at school and..

A heart-breaking choice between love and duty...York 1886. Sarah-Lou has just left school and is re..

Jonathan Ratcliffe is the successful manager of Affleck and Tate's engineering works. He has succeed..

The streets in Leith are rife with news of the war raging in Europe and the Glass family is struggli..

His full name is Joseph Rooney Smith and he works for the corporation of one of the Tyneside towns a..

Olivia Brodie is a devoted parlourmaid serving the Broadbent family at Hawthorn Manor and spending p..

She had the voice of an angel...but it led her to sin A miner's daughter from the village of Annsdal..

Nothing can change her love for her son Gloria and Joe were the golden couple until tragedy left..

Pretty and bright Cleopatra Kelly dreams of a life without the shadow of fear cast by her abusive st..

When Olive receives a letter in the post from the father of her daughter - American soldier Joe - sh..

When the Gallachers received an invitation from the Duke of Moorshire to attend an evening at Lea Ha..

Manchester 1944. Alison is thriving in her rewarding role at the railways. But when family tragedy s..

Audrey dreams of a life of adventure even as she plans for a future as a homemaker. But when an unex..

October 1941. Despite the hardships of life during wartime Bobby Bancroft has never been happier. En..

Nan Turpin is in trouble again accused of stealing. She's guilty. Cast out by her family she turns t..

Agnes Cavanah has watched her mother Kitty struggle to put food on the table ever since they crossed..

BLACKPOOL 1914. Seventeen-year-old Maddie has grown up in a boarding house on one of Blackpool's poo..

In September 1940 the Isle of Dogs suffers the first terrible night of a nine-month Blitz. Amidst th..

At twenty-one Lily Knowles is desperate to leave home so she escapes to London to train as a nurse. ..

York 1940. World War Two has arrived for the girls of the Rowntree's factory and with rationing crip..

In 1860’s Yorkshire a woman’s fortune belongs to her husband - regardless of a so-called-gentlem..

In 1942 two young women give birth in a home for unmarried mothers. One of them hopes they will neve..

January 1942. With female conscription now in place the Spitfire production line at the Bell Works F..