March 1941. After Flo Butterworth loses everything in Manchester's Christmas Blitz she decides to le..

The eldest of three children Kate helps her mother run the Devlin plait-school. They supply the mate..

One dark evening in New York City two strangers meet by chance. Over drinks Amanda and Wendy realise..

Summoned by letter Holly Shaw and five of her cousins - virtual strangers to each other - have gathe..

1912. Captain Scott and his four companions reach the South Pole to find their Norwegian rival Roald..

Julia and Lauren are sisters but definitely not best friends. They rarely even speak to each other. ..

Paris 1899. Abigail Wilson has received an invitation from Professor Alphonse Flamand a prominent Fr..

Sarah has been receiving threatening anonymous letters seemingly from a former lover. Just one day a..

Cambridge 1944. Bill Anderson is a restless young fighter pilot who finds himself grounded for a wee..

Sunset Hall is a house share for the old and unruly led by Agnes Sharp. It's an eventful day when th..

21-year-old Alix is studying in Paris far away from Sasha her Serbian father and Leonora her English..

Libby Sarjeant is deep into rehearsals for the annual pantomime when a body is found in a doorway tw..

Edward Jenkins dreams of opening a sports shop in the Welsh town of Pendragon Island. Then his ambit..

When Cissie Brody was 15 fever swept the English countryside killing her parents and leaving her to ..

Czechoslovakia October 1937. Vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation's most prestig..