It is 1919 and Liverpool has been devastated by World War I. Sons husbands and fathers have been los..

Throughout County Tipperary the three sisters were known as the Sisters O'Donnell. Together they mov..

Manchester 1942. A new year brings new hope for the railway girls. Alison's romance with Dr Maitland..

A life of poverty in a cramped pit cottage is all that 17-year-old Ruby Dinsdale has known. Even wit..

Summer 1942. Britain is in the depths of war and the Women's Land Army is hard at work looking after..

March 1942. As the war continues wedding bells are ringing for the factory girls. Sarah is happily s..

August 1944. Allied troops are fighting their way across Europe. But rocket attacks on London are a ..

Kent 1815. When the beautiful but naive Grace Lennicker falls for Isaiah Feasey son of a rival smugg..

Cat Cleary is a 16-year-old Irish 'slummy' arriving in Liverpool to seek her fortune. Joe Calligan t..

1856. Christine Banner is alone after her father's death. Determined to make her own way in the worl..

When Polly Pritchard learns that her husband has been killed in action she brings up their young dau..

As a small child Nellie Peace was always dreaming but sensed her mother’s rejection. Abandoned and..

Evie spent her early years left outside on the step. With a drunk for a father and a neglectful moth..

London 1912. Twins Lester and Lillia Holdsworth are destined for the stage. Lester is a brilliant pi..

Cambridgeshire - March 1939As the clouds of war begin to gather in Europe the Talbot family of rural..