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

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

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

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

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

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

When Pearl’s grandmother Nell dies unexpectedly she and her family - mother Diana sister Lucy - re..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Even as a child Barbara was beautiful but as her beauty grew so did the affliction which shadowed it..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cathie Kinrade is used to hardship. Growing up in a fishing community on the Isle of Man in the 1930..

Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons most of them bastards. But to all of them he passed o..

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

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

Each generation of the Mallen family has been cursed with a dramatic white streak in their jet-black..

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

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

It is 1931 and once again Europe is heading towards disaster. Life must go on however and a new gene..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Liverpool 1868. Shrouded in secrecy Alice Sampson gives birth to a beautiful baby girl. But the form..

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

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

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

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

The perfect heartwarming romance for Christmas rich in historical detail. She turned the picture of ..

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

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

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

Liverpool 1872. After spending time training at the Infirmary for Women in New York Maud Linklater c..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jessica is grieving for her beloved father Jacob Kingdom a trawler owner fondly remembered by his cr..

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

1938. As England awaits the outbreak of war Juliet Winterton journeys from the Mediterranean to the ..

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

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

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

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

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

As World War One begins no family including the Neylers will be left untouched and by the time the w..

1901. Tina Rose is the beloved daughter of a wealthy Jewish family while Edward grew up with an abus..