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

It was a wartime white wedding but it was not a love match. Annie Cooper married George McCabe for o..

London 1916. It’s only when her father dies that Louisa and her mother realise just how much debt ..

In defending herself against her brutal husband 18-year-old Ruby Clark is forced to flee London. She..

As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore Sarah Fuller and her sister Jane are forced to leav..

Blackpool summer 1942._x000D_Meet the Ballroom Girls: Sylvia Pearl and Joy. Three girls dancing thro..

Liverpool 1942. As the threat of war draws closer Isla Donahue seeks solace in her sweetheart Rory. ..

His full name is Joseph Rooney Smith and he works for the corporation of one of the Tyneside towns a..

When Maisie Vasey leaves her husband and brings her daughter to live on Pendragon Island she causes ..

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

Blackpool 1918. _x000D_Martha is 17 and alone in the world. Of Irish decent her flashing green eyes..

Hucknall 1941. Female conscription looms and three women arrive at the Bell Works Factory to work on..

Alice moves to the village of Churchwood with her retired father just as WWII breaks out. She is des..

Pendragon Island is the perfect place for holidays with a stretch of clean golden sand and a gloriou..

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

Edward Jenkins dreams of opening a sports shop in the Welsh town of Pendragon Island. Then his ambit..

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

Monica Eustace and Joan McDonald met as next-door-neighbours living in Mersey View in Liverpool. Tho..

The South Wales village of Hen Carw Parc is a haven of rural peace. But times are changing and altho..

In the wake of World War Two the whole country is desperate for houses with very little money availa..

November 1942. Even during wartime the glitz and glamour of the ballroom shines through at Christmas..

Kate has always found life on Brimbles Farm difficult but she is struggling more than ever to find t..

It is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital o..

Is love just an illusion? To the outside Clare has everything: a beautiful home a devoted husband an..

It is 1907. Liverpool is a bustling and busy city. Sisters Livvie and Amy Goodwin are just 16 and 13..

Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry and it falls to her to become sol..

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

Liverpool 1942. Though they may be posted miles apart Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronge..

England 1943. With Christmas days away the land girls of Gosling Farm are full of merriment. Only Lo..

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

June 1940. Despite losing her mother at a young age and her father away on important war work 17-yea..

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

Victoria is astonished when she discovers an abandoned newborn baby on her doorstep along with a not..

London's East End 1940. A frightened young woman gives birth to a tiny baby. Clearly alone she refus..

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

1949. Attractive and spirited Roz Rainey who lives in post-war Edinburgh with her widowed mother her..

Gosport 1943. Eadie Joy and Maureen are all doing their bit to help Britain win the war. Their work ..

As the war continues to keep her family far away Peggy Reilly must continue to look after her girls ..

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

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

Poachers and dealmakers the Griffiths family have always managed to scrape by on the edge of the law..

As 1954 draws to an end the village of Hen Carw Parc is changing. The post-war boom brings a creepin..

It is 1942 and England is at war. Mary Jones has just celebrated her 18th birthday and said goodbye ..

Britain is at war and May Lynch loves the life she’s leading as a pilot and poster girl for the Ai..

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

It’s 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Be..

May 1943. The tide of war has turned at last with an Allied victory looking increasingly certain but..

Naomi is upset to find a nasty anonymous letter land on her doorstep. Who could've sent something li..

When 16-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast she is terrified by what lies ahead o..

May 1910. The village of Oystertown is home to those who make their living from the sea. Yet social ..

Nineteen-year-old April Wilton has just enlisted in the WRENs in Portsmouth where she works servicin..

The Weston family have always pinned their hopes for creating a dynasty on their glamorous granddaug..

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

1937 Edinburgh. Attractive dark-eyed Jinny Hendrie is happy enough in her job in the accounts office..

When Olive receives a letter in the post from the father of her daughter - American soldier Joe - sh..

An only child 15-year-old Angeline Stewart is heartbroken when her beloved parents are killed in a c..

York 1940. World War Two has arrived for the girls of the Rowntree's factory and with rationing crip..

February 1941. Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destr..

Carrie Anderson's business selling books at her local train station is thriving and with her beloved..

In 1946 Alice Quigley returns to her childhood home on Penny Lane having lost her house in Bootle an..

After the death of her parents in a bombing raid Mary Jones discovers a secret in her father’s dia..

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

1935: As the Depression bites beautiful Lindy Gillan dreams of getting away from her boring life in ..

When Commander Martin Black is shot down over enemy territory and ends up in a POW camp his wife Ann..

Germany 1939: Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport unsure that she'll ever see her parents agai..

Tilly was first a rich man's mistress then a frontier wife and now a widow. With her two children ha..

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

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

England 1941. Dedicated local vet Laura cares for the farm animals of the little village of Bramble ..

1925. Attractive and strong-willed 23-year-old Isla Scott leaves her job as a nurse in Edinburgh to ..

Olivia Brodie is a devoted parlourmaid serving the Broadbent family at Hawthorn Manor and spending p..

1939. Eve Armstrong is being evacuated to Devon. As the train pulls out of London she takes a last l..

Liverpool 1941. After German bombs shatter the life Cadi has built for herself in Liverpool she is m..

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

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

A small Welsh town hosts a lively and varied community - and none more so than Nelly Luke the cheerf..

After a stray bomb destroyed his childhood home the only thing that has kept Francis Brady going is ..

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

Cockney born Nelly Luke is an essential part of the community. Yet not even Nelly with her shrewd ey..

Naomi is fighting to free herself from Alexander Harrington who married her for her money and kept a..

England is at war but nothing can ruin Esther Wynford's happiness at marrying Monty Grant. Their sho..

When World War II breaks out Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the h..

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

Janet and Hywel Griffiths dream of seeing their son Frank happily married but Mair the daughter of t..

1945. War is over and people are celebrating but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire Judith..

Sylvia Joy and Pearl are preparing to compete in a major national ballroom competition - not easy in..

On her deathbed Lucy Fallow’s mother makes her promise to look after her younger siblings and keep..