Carrie Preston is used to hard work - oldest of ten with an incompetent mother and a drunken father ..

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

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

London 1913. The shop girls of Harpers Emporium on Oxford Street are happy in their work and their l..

High above the river stood the small terrace of miners' cottages known as Fenwick Houses. And here d..

Three people all escaping harsh pasts come together in the Australian Bush. Irish Keara Michaels arr..

Three Blake sisters remain in the Swan River Colony and two are quite happy to forge new lives for t..

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

1945 Sunderland. Ida Boulter makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave her five children behind as..

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

Victoria Wild is only four years old but already knows about heartbreak having been abandoned by her..

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

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

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

Devon 1943. In the village of Burracombe 'Dig for Victory' is more than just a wartime slogan. While..