March 1940. Mabel is determined to make a fresh start as a railway girl where no one will know the t..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

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

In the aftermath of the General Strike times are tough for coal miners and their families. When Call..

Cathy is glad to have her husband back now the Great War is over. Struggling to keep the peace Cathy..

Adam and Polly Fitch face a bleak future after being sold for just five shillings to Miss Reed's orp..

After the Second World War Ellen and her daughter Netta make the journey from Germany back to Scotla..

1915. Beth Healey hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate her 18th birth..

An early marriage seemed to solve all of Ruth Gordon’s problems at once. But nothing prepared her ..

It will take more than Hitler's Luftwaffe to break the spirit of the residents of Lavender Road. If ..

1950. After her marriage went badly wrong Dolly Taylor returned to Rotherhithe from America. She is ..

Sophia Seddon and Grace Thompson are poles apart - one a member of the notorious Seddons of Plove..

West Yorkshire 1926. After completing her training in Steeple Street Agnes is looking forward to mak..

1939: The unexpected death of Sandra Anderson dramatically and ruthlessly changes forever the lives ..

While her mother is at home giving birth eleven-year-old Isa must look after her younger siblings bu..