Harry Blenheim wasn't what you might call a good-looking fellow but his face was full of character w..

North Atlantic Ocean 1942. Fifteen-year-old Connie is leaving war-torn England for the safer shores ..

Surrey 1940. Overhead the Battle of Britain rages. Below at the Poppy Factory disabled WWI veterans ..

Spring 1943. After a visit to see her mother in Sussex with Ned it's time for VAD nurse Evie Jones t..

July 1942. Newlywed Bobby Atherton has barely had time to experience married life with her airman hu..

Liverpool 1942. As the threat of war draws closer Isla Donahue seeks solace in her sweetheart Rory. ..

London's East End 1940. A frightened young woman gives birth to a tiny baby. Clearly alone she refus..

Lincolnshire 1854. After much reflection Caroline Lawson has accepted Max Cavendish's marriage propo..

London 1923. Cyril Black is finally out of prison. Rather than going home to his wife and son he vis..

Kent 1828. Lizzie Carey of Castle Bay is trapped in a life she never chose - endless days of cooking..

Nan Turpin is in trouble again accused of stealing. She's guilty. Cast out by her family she turns t..

The year of 1947 is almost upon them and the community of Cliffehaven is still reeling from the trag..

BLACKPOOL 1914. Seventeen-year-old Maddie has grown up in a boarding house on one of Blackpool's poo..

England 1940s. Minnie has spent most of her life feeling like a plain Jane watching things happen ar..

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