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

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

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

Mirabel Cutler was raised by her father to be a lady. But when he dies suddenly Mirabel finds hersel..

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

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

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

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

Liverpool 1941. After German bombs shatter the life Cadi has built for herself in Liverpool she is m..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1916 Scotland. Five years after leading a strike at the sewing factory newly pregnant Ellen is rushe..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1917: As the war reaches its final moments, the families of the Somerset village of Street take comf..

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

Born out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen Lucy Pocket has spent all her life with her di..

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

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

As World War II takes its toll on Liverpool only friendship and community can keep the women of Weav..

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

Harry Blenheim wasn't what you might call a good-looking fellow but his face was full of character w..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Liverpool 1942. Though they may be posted miles apart Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronge..

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

Dora Fairweather wasn't cut out to be a wife and mother and as soon as she's able she turns her back..

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

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

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

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

Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-m..

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

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

In the Nightingale Hospital Matron Helen finds herself playing surrogate mother to her newly disco..

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

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