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

Dorset 1876. When young Beatrice Cullen shows up in the local church with her illegitimate child in ..

In a busy maternity unit there are inevitable tensions between modern technology and the demands by ..

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

February 1945. When April Green's father is killed by a bomb life without him is hard to bear. April..

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..

1934. Talented eighteen-year-old dancer Bonny Burton joins the chorus at Southampton's Palace of Var..

Liverpool 1938. It’s Christmas in the Courts and single mother Rosheen Clarke and her mischievous ..

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 ..

Liverpool 1958: Nursery nurse Irene Miller falls for her friend Peggy's handsome older brother Marty..

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

Alison had been blessed by nature all her life - only I knew the other darker side of her character...