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

1864. Following the untimely death of her cold-hearted husband Beatrix and her three children are fi..

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

In Western Australia Sarah chuckles as she describes her final will and testament - which will throw..

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

1944. Rosie Sinclair is proud to be doing her bit for the war effort as a driver at Cottisbourne Par..

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

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

1939. When the man Georgie has always loved is sent to France on a secret mission every knock of the..

The Great War is over and Millie is ready to leave her loving family home and be a wife to Jeremy. B..

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

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

Australia 1853. Settled in the colony Ellen is determined to make a happy new life for her family an..

West Yorkshire 1914. Newly married to Noah Jackson Beth is happily content working on her family's m..

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

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

Aurora Pettigrew has a loving family a nice home a comfortable life. She's waiting for the right man..

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

Oxford Street London 1915Sally Harper quietly battles to keep Harpers afloat in the difficult days o..

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

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

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

Young Luke Tyler has everything going for him: brains looks and a larrikin charm that turns heads. T..

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

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

Cambridgeshire - March 1939As the clouds of war begin to gather in Europe the Talbot family of rural..

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

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

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

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

When forest protests engulf a tiny Tasmanian timber town one family's century of secrets threatens t..

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

Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

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

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

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

London 1950Peggy Ronoscki is happily settling into life running her guesthouse on Mulberry Lane surr..

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

The hedonism of London in the roaring twenties is a world away from Annabel Tarleton's ordinary coun..

Join the Marsh family again as they spend Christmas with Millie and Jeremy at Chateau Dumont. It's a..

Rationing bombing disease and pit disasters are part of Rose Kelly's World War 2 childhood. When the..

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

Devon 1918. When Jessie Hale loses her nursing job she leaves London to become the nurse maid to the..

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

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

1943. After the heartache of the previous year Connie Baxter now appears to have everything a girl c..

A new century brings change to Eden Harris's ordered world. Despite years of service to the Bradbury..

On the day that her youngest child leaves home Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a mat..

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

Halifax 1876. On the death of her mother and sister Isabelle Gibson is left to fend for herself and ..

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

As a small child Nellie Peace was always dreaming but sensed her mother?s rejection. Abandoned and s..

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

Rose has a promising future stretching out before her until a cruel twist of fate seizes it. Will sh..

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

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

1943 and The Bluebird Girls are at the top of their game. They are touring with ENSA visiting army b..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With her dreams of dominating Melbourne's fashion scene in tatters Nella Martini returns to Torrente..

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

When Molly Holden?s husband Thomas is convicted of being a Luddite on the word of a secret informer ..

1944. With deadly doodlebugs terrorising London Bessie Rushbrook agrees to give shelter to eight-yea..

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

Since escaping his family?s notoriety in Australia Will Kidd has been content to live the life of a ..

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

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

Tasmania 1929: Ten-year-old-twins Tom and Harry Abbott are orphaned by a tragedy that shocks Hobart ..

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

Working at the Foyles bookshop was Molly Cooper's dream job. But with the country at war she's deter..

She's on trial for murder. . . Now it's her turn to tell her story. . . The truth is that I loved Ja..

Eighteen-year-old Connie Baxter works as an usherette at the Criterion Picture House in Gosport. Her..

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

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

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

Gosport 1941. The Bluebird Girls - Rainey Bird Bea Herron and Ivy Sparrow - are on their way to star..

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

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a ch..

London 1913. The shop girls of Harpers Emporium on Oxford Street are happy in their work and their l..