Bombay 1950. For over a century one of the world's great treasures a 600-hundred-year-old copy of Da..

At the lush Villa Calypso on the French Riviera a dying billionaire launches a devious plan: at midn..

Adelaide 1931: Telephone switchboard operator Frances’ life is difficult as sole provider for her ..

July 1794 and the streets of London are filled with rumours of revolution. Laurence Jago - clerk to ..

December 1917. Ada Hobbes has cleaned for Dr Tindall for many years and begins this frosty morning l..

Bombay 1949. As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade Inspector Persis Wadia stands..

When Robert Pomeroy a young undergraduate at Corpus Christi College finds a letter slipped under his..

London 1958. Hidden deep beneath the city's streets lies the world of Miss Brickett's a secret detec..

1895. Former Scotland Yard detective Daniel Wilson made famous from his days working the Jack the Ri..

1862. A goods train is speeding through the Sapperton Tunnel when it hits a makeshift pen of sheep i..

On a freezing winter's night the residents of Thorncroft House are roused from their beds by an unex..

1937. War with Germany is dawning and a civil war already raging in Spain. Split across political li..

Christmas Eve 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered for another legendary cel..

Meet Lord James Harrington and his wife Beth. They adore hosting seasonal events in the village of C..

1969. A job in the Prison Service is not for everyone. But for Nell Lewis helping prisoners is somet..