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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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