Devon 1918. When Jessie Hale loses her nursing job she leaves London to become the nurse maid to the..

Since being widowed Caroline Dering has been content to live her life solely for her children. Then ..

Throughout County Tipperary the three sisters were known as the Sisters O'Donnell. Together they mov..

Manchester 1942. A new year brings new hope for the railway girls. Alison's romance with Dr Maitland..

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

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

Patty Jenkins has come a long way from her poverty-stricken days in Brownlow Hill workhouse. She now..

Summer 1942. Britain is in the depths of war and the Women's Land Army is hard at work looking after..

March 1942. As the war continues wedding bells are ringing for the factory girls. Sarah is happily s..

Norfolk 1940. As war rages on the residents of Great Plumstead are doing all they can to help the wa..

August 1944. Allied troops are fighting their way across Europe. But rocket attacks on London are a ..

Kent 1815. When the beautiful but naive Grace Lennicker falls for Isaiah Feasey son of a rival smugg..

Cat Cleary is a 16-year-old Irish 'slummy' arriving in Liverpool to seek her fortune. Joe Calligan t..

1856. Christine Banner is alone after her father's death. Determined to make her own way in the worl..

When Polly Pritchard learns that her husband has been killed in action she brings up their young dau..