1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled but deep down she is ..

Manchester 1943. Emily is enjoying her new job as a station porter until she learns that a trusted f..

The Second World War is finally over when Lola Brown meets Harry Riggs at a dance. It is love at fir..

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

Christmas should be the happiest time but at Pennington’s dramas are seething beneath the surface...

An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream but not so for Paula. She's happy and secure in Wes..

In 1897 four-year-old Lucy Thornbury’s parents are killed in a train crash. Taken in by her kindly..

As the war continues to keep her family far away Peggy Reilly must continue to look after her girls ..

April 1942. New mother Alice Milwood is itching to return to her job as a shop assistant at Libertyâ..

Manchester 1867. Mara longs for a peaceful life free of violence and poverty. But she has married in..

Manchester 1922. Molly Watson has had enough. Engaged for the last three years to a penny-pinching p..

December 1930. With the Depression biting deeper it looks like many children in the East End will wa..

Each generation of the Mallen family has been cursed with a dramatic white streak in their jet-black..

Liverpool 1939. As winter descends on Tuppenny Corner and rumours of war float across the canals 15-..

Liverpool 1901. The Tempest family is barely able to put food on the table. When Florrie falls ill w..