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

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

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

When tragedy strikes Libby Gilbert is left homeless and destitute fending for herself on the capital..

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

Lake District 1942. The women at Mary Vale's Home for Mothers and Babies must pull together during t..

The year is 1944 and in South Wales 17-year-old pit miner's daughter Rosa Edwards has just secured a..

1916. East London. When 16-year-old Clover Cooper's mother Iris calls her home from work one day the..

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

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

Little Max is growing day by day and Joan is adjusting to her new life. But in her heart of hearts s..

Chambermaid Fanny is thanking her lucky stars she has had a second chance at life. As an unmarried m..

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

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

Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born his mother had ..

Grace and Dougie have been courting for years so when Dougie decides to emigrate to Australia he exp..

The South Wales village of Hen Carw Parc is a haven of rural peace. But times are changing and altho..

If you're born with nothing you have to make your own luck. When Jared Johnson first meets Clarice C..

October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper but s..

1942. Determined to do her bit for the war effort Yorkshire lass Evie Sinclair leaves her island hom..

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

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

1912. Fifteen-year-old Kate Truscott leaves her small Hampshire village to become a nursemaid to fiv..

Daisy Bacon has an ordinary happy life living with her family in South London until tragedy strikes ..

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

It's 1937 and for sisters Lizzie and Milly Travis there's nothing quite like the thrill of the funfa..

Summer 1953. The sun is shining on Little Green Street the bunting is being brought out and Britain ..

Clydebank 1911. Ellen works at the Sewing Machine factory. So does her sister Bridget Bridget's fian..

When Angie marries her sweetheart Quentin and moves into Cuthford Manor to begin their new life toge..

Now that her brood had left the nest Fanny McBride a large cheerful and indomitable Tyneside widow h..

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

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

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

Fiercely independent Marguerite Sinclair has the opportunity of a lifetime to become a nurse and con..

As 1954 draws to an end the village of Hen Carw Parc is changing. The post-war boom brings a creepin..

1922. After the horrors of the Great War the close-knit Truscott family returns to everyday life on ..

When the parish guardians send Lydia daughter of convict James Knowles to apprentice in the cotton m..

The Weston family have always pinned their hopes for creating a dynasty on their glamorous granddaug..

The Batleys and the Cadwells owned neighbouring farms on the beautiful wild Northumbrian coast. But ..

Having lost her father during the Great War and her mother a famous French impressionist painter in ..

Born into poverty and hardship Ruby Skinner's decision to approach the unscrupulous East End villain..

After the tragic death of her father aspiring singer Jessie Delaney has been forced to live with her..

Blackpool summer 1942._x000D_Meet the Ballroom Girls: Sylvia Pearl and Joy. Three girls dancing thro..

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

Hull 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When during ..

Janet and Hywel Griffiths dream of seeing their son Frank happily married but Mair the daughter of t..

Sep McGilby always said that Emily Kennedy had a happy face. And at 16 Emily had a lot to be glad ab..

Lake District 1942. Spring is in the air at Mary Vale Mother and Baby Home. Beautiful Stella has bee..

It is 1919 and Liverpool has been devastated by World War I. Sons husbands and fathers have been los..

Eliza Jones and her husband Bryn had a whirlwind romance and married shortly after meeting but he wa..

The Pratchett family have to contend with coalman Alfie Pratchett's obsessive jealousy. A bully his ..

Cliffehaven 1946. The war is over and those who have spent years fighting behind enemy lines are fin..

Cockney born Nelly Luke is an essential part of the community. Yet not even Nelly with her shrewd ey..

1957. Newly-wed Val Walker is looking forward to starting a family. Her best friend the previously f..

England 1943. With Christmas days away the land girls of Gosling Farm are full of merriment. Only Lo..

Deep in the wild fen country Rosamund Morley lived a cloistered poverty-stricken existence with her ..

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

Poachers and dealmakers the Griffiths family have always managed to scrape by on the edge of the law..

In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street Durham. A..

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

Christmas time is fast approaching at Mary Vale and newcomer Libby is ready to start a fresh chapter..

Will Christmas bring an unexpected reunion? Frances O'Leary has always dreamed of being a dancer. Bu..

When Maisie Vasey leaves her husband and brings her daughter to live on Pendragon Island she causes ..

Monica Eustace and Joan McDonald met as next-door-neighbours living in Mersey View in Liverpool. Tho..

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

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

Proud and canny ignorant and intensely ambitious Hannah Massey is a born ruler. Her kingdom may only..

1960. Having been firm friends ever since they met in a Blackpool boarding house five years before V..

Rodney Prince a doctor who chose to work amongst the poor of Newcastle to the shame of his beautiful..

Hucknall 1941. Female conscription looms and three women arrive at the Bell Works Factory to work on..

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

1813. Meg Marsh will do anything to keep a roof over her family's head - even getting involved in a ..

Manchester 1943. Emily is enjoying her new job as a station porter until she learns that a trusted f..

1915. While World War One changes the country with food becoming scarce and Britain's young men bein..

Sheffield 1867. It's the height of a long-running and violent campaign known as the Outrages where m..

Naomi is fighting to free herself from Alexander Harrington who married her for her money and kept a..

The cinder path which led from the Northumberland farmhouse would always symbolise defeat for Charli..

The eldest of three children Kate helps her mother run the Devlin plait-school. They supply the mate..

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

November 1942. Even during wartime the glitz and glamour of the ballroom shines through at Christmas..