April 1942. New mother Alice Milwood is itching to return to her job as a shop assistant at Libertyâ..

Manchester 1867. Mara longs for a peaceful life free of violence and poverty. But she has married in..

Manchester 1922. Molly Watson has had enough. Engaged for the last three years to a penny-pinching p..

Tilly Trotter has devotedly served Mark Sopwith at Highfield Manor for twelve years. She is his wife..

December 1930. With the Depression biting deeper it looks like many children in the East End will wa..

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

Liverpool 1939. As winter descends on Tuppenny Corner and rumours of war float across the canals 15-..

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

Eleanor Saint loves helping in the community of her small mining town even though her snobbish grand..

Lou Channer wants a life outside of North Devon somewhere she's never left. She yearns to contribute..

London 1899. As she prepares for a glittering ball 20-year-old Gertrude Melrose considers her good f..

Angelina was abandoned on the doorsteps of Brownlow Workhouse when she was just a baby. The only clu..

As if everyday life in London's slums wasn't hard enough for Jane Roberts and her three children the..

1942. Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub isn't fulfilling 19-year-old Trix..

After the death of their parents sisters Poppy and Rose are taken in by widow Nellie Harper. But whi..