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

Armistice Day 1940. The Blitz Detective John Jago finds himself despatched to Pimlico to investigate..

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

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..

1939. War has been declared and spymaster Fitzroy wastes no time in preparing his goddaughter Hope f..

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

November 1940. Darkness descends and another anxious night begins for those tasked with guarding the..

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

It is February 1912 when barrister Daniel Pitt is reunited with his old college friend Inspector Ian..

September 1940. The height of the Blitz. When The Savoy advertises its series of underground shelter..

Brighton 1957. Mirabelle Bevan can't resist a cry for help be it the little girl at a seaside sanato..

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

York railway station December 1925. Detective Inspector Jim Stringer is enjoying a pint in the Parlo..