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

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

Martha Packer is much loved by everyone in the village of Hillsbridge. As the landlady of The Three ..

Born into service 16-year-old Juliet Harper has always idolised her mother Agnes. But Agnes is haunt..

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

Manchester 1940. As the war continues and secrets threaten the railway girls they will discover the ..

Cat Cleary is a 16-year-old Irish 'slummy' arriving in Liverpool to seek her fortune. Joe Calligan t..

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

LONDON 1917. As the Americans enter the War there is renewed energy in the war effort. With husbands..

Liverpool 1901. The Tempest family is barely able to put food on the table. When Florrie falls ill w..

Liverpool 1939. Olivia Campbell appears to have the perfect life. However behind closed doors she li..

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

The strawberry harvest is finally ready. This delicious fruit makes up the main source of income for..

Liverpool 1940. When war comes to Britain Jessica Wilson and her friend Ruby seize the opportunity t..

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

October 1942. Viola loves her new job away from the factory and hopes that her romance with the hand..

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

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

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

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and la..

Lancashire 1895. When her controlling stepfather suddenly dies it seems that Elinor Pendleton finall..

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

For ten years Delia has had to fend for herself and her son Jack and as a young unmarried mother lif..

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

London 1929. Lady Alice Mayton-Walsh has always been a free independent spirit. With wealth and posi..

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

Christmas should be the happiest time but at Pennington?s dramas are seething beneath the surface. F..

Yorkshire 1944. The end of the war feels close but Air Transport Auxiliary girls Bobbie Viv and Mary..

Christmas 1945. The war is over but the Nightingale Hospital still bears the scars. Matron Kathleen ..

1914. Working in a bustling caf? on London's Shaftesbury Avenue Joyce Taylor dreams of opening her o..

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

Cambridgeshire - 1941_x000D_As the war rages on in Europe it brings untold heartache to the Talbot f..

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

December 1938. Rozalin Sachs has grown up in the vibrant city of Frankfurt. But with the Nazi Revolu..

Liverpool 1935. Monica Savage is delighted when the Copperfields move in next door and she quickly b..

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

London 1914. Sick and injured servicemen are returning home and Lizzie Kellaway and her godmother Ma..

Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works with her younger sister Bea. Wh..

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

1937. Alice Edith and Marg face hardships every day growing up on one of the poorest streets in Blac..

Living on the edge of the beautiful Norfolk Broads with her father the only ripple in Tess Delamere'..

Bristol 1939. School leaver Maisie Miles suspects her father a small-time crook has an ulterior moti..

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

Cliffehaven 1944. Peggy Reilly is enjoying a rare moment alone in the garden of her Beach View Board..

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

1919. WWI is over and now living in Cambridge with husband Edmond Amy Derwent is settling into her n..

After escaping a train bound for a death camp with a trusty German Shepherd dog a girl wakes to find..

Elsie Barker is desperate for a new start after her husband leaves her. When her friend Izzy - who n..

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

Throughout County Tipperary the three sisters were known as the Sisters O'Donnell. Together they mov..

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

East London 1938. Nine-year-old Daisy Purbright is a country girl at heart and together with beloved..

Louise Polmar begs her former nanny to care for her baby then she flees. Ella grows up unaware that ..

Banished from her father's home wheelchair-bound Esther Kerral is horrified when he forces her into ..

August 1955. Janice Butler is working as a waitress at her mother?s Blackpool boarding house before ..

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

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

Lizzie is an orphan living with her Aunt Annie Uncle Perce and two boy cousins within a stone's thro..

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

1914. Growing up on a farm in the country Annie Cradwell has always dreamt of singing on stage. So w..

Liverpool 1930. Reformed con-artist Leah Marshall has long yearned for the thrills of her former lif..

Thea's loathsome stepbrother is trying to trick her out of her inheritance of her parents' beautiful..

But there is more tragedy still to come and Flo and her friends will need each other more than ever ..

Lancashire 1931. When Finn Carlisle loses his wife and unborn child he spends a few years travelling..

Accused of killing her brother Rachel Cade is sent to the workhouse to await trial. There handsome l..

Cornwall 1929. Fiona Fox youngest child of the celebrated Fox family is a devoted volunteer at the l..

Yorkshire 1913. Beth Beaumont enjoys her life as a rhubarb farmer's daughter. Although not thinking ..

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