1931 Cornwall. Gwenna Rosdew had no choice but to step up as head of the family after her father was..

London October 1940. Dot is finding her independence and takes a full-time role as an ARP warden. As..

Kent 1822. Fearing for his life Thomas Marsh has fled Castle Bay and found work as a mill hand deep ..

As the Great War engulfs Europe 21-year-old Ruby Archer decides to 'do her bit' at an East End munit..

England 1941. Dedicated local vet Laura cares for the farm animals of the little village of Bramble ..

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

Liverpool 1848. Meg Shaw is the middle child of eight siblings not old enough to bring in a wage to ..

1916 Scotland. Five years after leading a strike at the sewing factory newly pregnant Ellen is rushe..

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

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

Holderness 1988. Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about t..

When orphaned Jake Harding is sent away from his adoptive home aged just seven he does not understan..

London 1930s. Years after she first fled to South Shields Cathy is known by everyone as the landlady..

In the dead of night a young woman is found on the doorstep of the House of Help for Friendless Girl..

Manchester December 1940. This winter the girls boarding at Star House - Betty Sally and Lorna - are..