1916. East London. When 16-year-old Clover Cooper's mother Iris calls her home from work one day the..

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

Now that her brood had left the nest Fanny McBride a large cheerful and indomitable Tyneside widow h..

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

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

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

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

Proud and canny ignorant and intensely ambitious Hannah Massey is a born ruler. Her kingdom may only..

Somerset 1911. Miner's wife Lorna Harrison sometimes wonders what became of her marriage. Her husban..

Deep in the wild fen country Rosamund Morley lived a cloistered poverty-stricken existence with her ..

It’s 1957 and three young women are beginning their nursing training at the Florence Nightingale H..

When tragedy strikes Libby Gilbert is left homeless and destitute fending for herself on the capital..

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

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

Wolsingham 1900. After the death of their parents Connie Dom Leo and Pearl find themselves all alone..