1937 Edinburgh. Attractive dark-eyed Jinny Hendrie is happy enough in her job in the accounts office..

It’s 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Be..

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

1939. Eve Armstrong is being evacuated to Devon. As the train pulls out of London she takes a last l..

Margate 1884. When 17-year-old Hannah Bentley fled the family home she never dreamed she'd find her ..

London 1917. After the death of their parents Victoria did everything she could to keep her siblings..

Brussels 1915. A beautiful young Belgian woman Louise is being pursued by the Germans when she meets..

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

Austria 1938. Anne von Korvacs watches in horror as Hitler's tanks roll through the streets of Vienn..

When Baroness Sophie von Korvacs meets British painter James Fraser one hot summer's day in Vienna t..

Sixteen-year-old Jeannie spends most of her time at Scarborough Harbour - she is a net mender and he..

In the wake of World War Two the whole country is desperate for houses with very little money availa..

After a stray bomb destroyed his childhood home the only thing that has kept Francis Brady going is ..

The youngest of five siblings Lottie Mortimer has never felt like she belonged. Her mother died shor..

It is 1916 and Edith Mellor is one of the few female surgeons in Britain. She travels to the Somme w..