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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

They're about to follow their dreams all the way back home... Sam Newby loves the rolling hills and ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

London 1916. It’s only when her father dies that Louisa and her mother realise just how much debt ..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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