1940 London. Sheila Phipps is orphaned after a devastating air raid claims her family and her home. ..

May 1945. In post-war Leith the Anderson family must come to terms with the reality of peacetime Bri..

On the eve of the First World War carpenter Tom Munday is content with his lot: he's been blessed wi..

Fearless Felicity Penrose thrives on adventure: she's one of the most experienced female sailors in ..

Liverpool 1917. When Irish seaman Michael Gallagher docks in Liverpool after years of fighting with ..

Emma Brown is a happy-go-lucky child content to play hopscotch with her friends. But after Em's moth..

Molly Fox has grown up in the back streets of Birmingham at the mercy of her cruel grandfather and h..

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

It wasn't a privileged childhood but it was a happy one. Sybil and Lizzie Cream brought up in a fish..

Following a terrible storm seven-year-old Lottie is rescued from a shipwreck by local Cornishman Arn..

Devon 1943. In the village of Burracombe 'Dig for Victory' is more than just a wartime slogan. While..

London 1942: Flo Canning's heart is beyond repair following the news that she has been dreading sinc..

At twenty-five teacher Phyllis Bird is still living with her parents her brothers lost in the Great ..

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and la..

Olivia Bone and her siblings haven?t had an easy life. But then Livvie's fiance Joe is killed at Ypr..