Alison had been blessed by nature all her life - only I knew the other darker side of her character...

June 1914. Edie Moore is a Governess for Lord and Lady Moreland living comfortably at the grand Down..

England is at war but nothing can ruin Esther Wynford's happiness at marrying Monty Grant. Their sho..

After spending time combatting terrorists in Malaya James Dering returns to Scotland. He starts a ne..

It's 1944. London's citizens are weary of air raids and rationing. But there are rumours of an invas..

Prudence Dudley was a woman who appeared to have everything: an undeniably attractive woman who had ..

The Broadhursts were a mining family and to outsiders they appeared to be happy loyal and united. Bu..

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

Cliffehaven 1947. In the wake of heartbreaking loss Roisin Reilly makes a promise to her granddaught..

Summer 1916. Despite the misery of war in the air some things in the small hamlet of Strawbridge rem..

Tammy and her mother Grace are desperate to escape Tammy's violent bully of a father. But when an un..

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

Evacuated to the countryside she realises there are more dangers than German bombs in wartime… Can..

As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..

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

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

Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland newly stationed at the MacKay estate. When th..

Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death Stella comes into some money unexpecte..

Lancashire 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name and a brave step towards a happier life. Sudde..

John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife a son friends but he was isolated from all the people ..

Toby is the new owner of the old inn an unwitting keeper of its secrets. Then Meg Staley comes to Ca..

York 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm...

Since being widowed Caroline Dering has been content to live her life solely for her children. Then ..

Tilly was first a rich man's mistress then a frontier wife and now a widow. With her two children ha..

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

Maddy lives with her grandmother in a tumbledown farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales. The house has bee..

Bridget Kittrick headstrong and independent is ready to show her worth when she's left in charge of ..

May 1943. The tide of war has turned at last with an Allied victory looking increasingly certain but..

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

Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend shocked to hear she's going to marry a guy she's..

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

Cathie Kinrade is used to hardship. Growing up in a fishing community on the Isle of Man in the 1930..

To outsiders Dr Paul Higgins' life appeared to be happy and contented. Everyone had a good word for ..

Liverpool 1848. Meg Shaw is the middle child of eight siblings not old enough to bring in a wage to ..

Lincolnshire 1854. After much reflection Caroline Lawson has accepted Max Cavendish's marriage propo..

Glasgow 1943. After becoming pregnant out of wedlock only to find out her betrothed was already marr..

Following heavy casualties General Townsend withdraws his exhausted troops to the town of Kut Al Ama..

In the Middle East tension is escalating between the British and the Arabs. Misfit Lieutenant Harry ..

Liverpool 1847. At 17 Delilah Shaw is the eldest of the eight Shaw siblings and the one who must tak..

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

Jenny starts her training as a nanny but does she have what it takes - and will her family survive w..

It is 1870 and railway workers and their families have flocked to the wild and inhospitable moorland..

Ismay and Mara are Irish orphans sent to Australia against their will by the authorities and separat..

The market town of Everham is full of rumours and counter-rumours. Dr Leigh McDowall medical registr..

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

The Great War has ended but Jack's toffee factory struggles after years of sugar rations and its tro..

Charlotte Booth loves her father and the home they share which is set high up in the limestone escar..

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

Liverpool 1942. As the threat of war draws closer Isla Donahue seeks solace in her sweetheart Rory. ..

Lavender Road boasts a pawnbroker a pub two rows of terraced working class homes and at one end the ..

Jenny Simmons has always thought of herself as the ugly duckling of her family so when she blossoms ..

Livia Blake has lost her husband and faces a crossroads. Her friend suggests she would make an excel..

An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream but not so for Paula. She's happy and secure in Wes..

On her deathbed Lucy Fallow’s mother makes her promise to look after her younger siblings and keep..

Kathleen Gallagher is 16 when she shares her first kiss with Liam Flynn the older brother of her bes..

1879: Shipwrecked off the west coast of Australia Louisa Reynolds is aided by an aboriginal girl and..

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

London 1923. Cyril Black is finally out of prison. Rather than going home to his wife and son he vis..

It's Christmas Eve 1920 when Abby Kirby's family is ripped apart. Leaving everything she's ever know..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

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

Lancashire 1936. With her son Gabriel finally married and her youngest following his dreams of becom..

Her name was Hannah Boyle but to the people of the village she would always be 'The Girl' - Matthew ..

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

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

Lancashire 1930s. When her mother dies leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's iden..

There would be trouble at Paradise . . . From birth Polly Harper seems destined for tragedy. Raised ..

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

Three women came to the remote Cornish cottage that summer: Jenna only 26 and grieving for the loss ..

After Pearl's home is destroyed in the Exeter Blitz so too are her dreams of performing onstage. Fin..

1925 a damp wintry night in Berlin. Englishman Philip Gibson in Germany to seek the answers to a tan..

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

1936. Polly's guardian angel has to work overtime when her large family is forced to move from the c..

At the end of Hawthorn Close there is a charming park which boasts two magnificent magnolia trees an..

In the mid-1850s life for an orphan was grim as Kirsten MacGregor discovered when her parents died s..

Missing home Rachel seizes the opportunity to train as a district nurse in a village near Rochdale e..

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

Growing up in Birmingham Sylvia and Audrey Whitehouse have always been like chalk and cheese. When t..

Three people all escaping harsh pasts come together in the Australian Bush. Irish Keara Michaels arr..

Someone had once told Emma Molinero the daughter of an itinerant carnival performer that she was mad..

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

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

From the age of eight Charity Crosse has been living with her grandfather and begging on the streets..

Lancashire 1932. Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester with his sickly daughter Cathie scrimpi..

An only child 15-year-old Angeline Stewart is heartbroken when her beloved parents are killed in a c..

1944 the darkest days of the war. Trixie and Vi are back in Gosport and doing their bit to help Brit..

In Battenbun Northumberland there live four Puddleton men - Grandpop Old Popo Pop and Peter. Three o..