October 1941. Marianne Fordham has a lot to cope with. As well as taking care of her young daughter ..

When war is declared Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mining town of H..

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

Hetty Affleck is working as a maid at the prestigious Beach Hotel in Littlehampton. Her beau Lorcan ..

The Broadhursts were a mining family and to outsiders they appeared to be happy loyal and united. Bu..

Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

East London 1916. The Sanctuary Lane Animal Hospital is proving a huge success. For its founder Ruby..

Sarah is lonely. Living in a small Yorkshire village with just her grandmother for company she longs..

There were plenty around Fellburn who said Maggie Rowan was as plain as a pikestaff a woman consumed..

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and la..

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

After the sudden and brutal breakdown of her marriage Jenny finds herself alone for the first time i..

Kate Channer is settled in London helping her half-sister Naomi as housekeeper while the Great War r..

For ten years Delia has had to fend for herself and her son Jack and as a young unmarried mother lif..

John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife a son friends but he was isolated from all the people ..