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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When orphaned Jake Harding is sent away from his adoptive home aged just seven he does not understan..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

July 1936. After an unexpected heartbreak and a nasty accident on a busy Liverpool street Lara Flynn..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When the Gallachers received an invitation from the Duke of Moorshire to attend an evening at Lea Ha..

Kent 1822. Fearing for his life Thomas Marsh has fled Castle Bay and found work as a mill hand deep ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jonathan Ratcliffe is the successful manager of Affleck and Tate's engineering works. He has succeed..

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

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

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

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

Manchester 1960. When you're young unmarried and pregnant in a shaming society that will never under..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rowntree's Factory York 1935. The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on..

In Battenbun Northumberland there live four Puddleton men - Grandpop Old Popo Pop and Peter. Three o..

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

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

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

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

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