Devon 1918. When Jessie Hale loses her nursing job she leaves London to become the nurse maid to the..

Cliffehaven 1944. Peggy Reilly is enjoying a rare moment alone in the garden of her Beach View Board..

Cat Cleary is a 16-year-old Irish 'slummy' arriving in Liverpool to seek her fortune. Joe Calligan t..

1856. Christine Banner is alone after her father's death. Determined to make her own way in the worl..

Norfolk 1940. As war rages on the residents of Great Plumstead are doing all they can to help the wa..

March 1942. As the war continues wedding bells are ringing for the factory girls. Sarah is happily s..

Patty Jenkins has come a long way from her poverty-stricken days in Brownlow Hill workhouse. She now..

Summer 1942. Britain is in the depths of war and the Women's Land Army is hard at work looking after..

When Polly Pritchard learns that her husband has been killed in action she brings up their young dau..

Since being widowed Caroline Dering has been content to live her life solely for her children. Then ..

August 1944. Allied troops are fighting their way across Europe. But rocket attacks on London are a ..

A life of poverty in a cramped pit cottage is all that 17-year-old Ruby Dinsdale has known. Even wit..

Throughout County Tipperary the three sisters were known as the Sisters O'Donnell. Together they mov..

Manchester 1942. A new year brings new hope for the railway girls. Alison's romance with Dr Maitland..

Kent 1815. When the beautiful but naive Grace Lennicker falls for Isaiah Feasey son of a rival smugg..