Blackpool 1922. Martha and Trisha may have escaped poverty but their fortunes have yet to turn. Blis..

Somerset 1911. Miner's wife Lorna Harrison sometimes wonders what became of her marriage. Her husban..

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

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

June 1941. When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to take a job as a reporter on The Tyke magazin..

Having recently arrived in England abandoned by her father and brother Isabella is left to look afte..

Victoria is on her way to Churchwood looking for a life away from the dangers of wartime London for ..

As the Great War engulfs Europe 21-year-old Ruby Archer decides to 'do her bit' at an East End munit..

East London 1916. The Sanctuary Lane Animal Hospital is proving a huge success. For its founder Ruby..

Alice and Isaac have been close friends since childhood but their paths diverge when they discover t..

Growing up without the care of a loving family made Anna Golding fiercely independent. So when war b..

Manchester 1940. By day Betty works cheerfully with her best friend Sally now the manager of the sal..

Manchester December 1940. This winter the girls boarding at Star House - Betty Sally and Lorna - are..

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

Bolton Lancashire: 1943. Livvy knows that her family's survival rests on her shoulders - with her pa..