It is 1942 and after a childhood of suffering in Birmingham Maryann Bartholomew has built a happy li..

Rhoda an artist from London and her childhood sweetheart James finally wed following a lot of delibe..

When a newborn baby girl is found abandoned with nothing but a scarlet ribbon tied to her basket Ava..

London 1771. The unexpected friendship between Tabitha Prewett the only daughter of a respectable ta..

The market town of Everham is full of rumours and counter-rumours. Dr Leigh McDowall medical registr..

Stratford 1939: Britain is at war but on the home front keeping up morale and appearances go hand in..

Stratford 1943. World War Two is still raging across Europe. But for the Lavender Girls the workers ..

In 1984 two young mothers meet at a toddler group in Birmingham. As their friendship grows they shar..

Jimmy Trewin and his little sister are devastated by their mother's death and horrified to find them..

Lily and Vincent have been dancing everything from the waltz to the foxtrot together since they were..

Evacuated to Lincolnshire from the East End Jenny Mercer is frightened of the wide open spaces and t..

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

Ismay and Mara are Irish orphans sent to Australia against their will by the authorities and separat..

Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works with her younger sister Bea. Wh..

Ruby and Grace have grown up in the poorest slums of Hull. Friends since early childhood they have s..