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

A life of poverty in a cramped pit cottage is all that 17-year-old Ruby Dinsdale has known. Even wit..

1943. Gloria is reunited with her sweetheart Jack. But her sons Bobby and Gordon are away with the N..

Cathy is glad to have her husband back now the Great War is over. Struggling to keep the peace Cathy..

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

1851. After her husband saved her from a life of prostitution Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a hou..

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

Adam and Polly Fitch face a bleak future after being sold for just five shillings to Miss Reed's orp..

After the Second World War Ellen and her daughter Netta make the journey from Germany back to Scotla..

1915. Beth Healey hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate her 18th birth..

While her mother is at home giving birth eleven-year-old Isa must look after her younger siblings bu..

1950. After her marriage went badly wrong Dolly Taylor returned to Rotherhithe from America. She is ..

January 1936. Sarah a young executive at a Yorkshire mill returns home to attend her grandfather's f..

It is war-time Britain and seduced by her brother-in-law Frances 16 becomes pregnant and is banished..

Lizzie finds that life in the Birmingham blitz is hard. Her husband is fighting abroad and her young..