When Stella Swift is discovered holding a shard of broken glass near her new-born baby, fears that s..

Liverpool, 1939: Sixteen-year-old Lizzy Atherton is forced to flee her violent stepfather in the mid..

Rainey Bird, Ivy Sparrow and Bea Herron all love to sing. For Rainey, music has been a solace during..

Grace Woodruff fights for her sisters' happiness while sacrificing any chance for her own. The eldes..

Young Maisie Halliday has escaped the grinding poverty of the northern town where she was born to li..

Sunderland, 1942. With the war showing no sign of abating, Helen is thriving in her role as shipyard..

Through hard work and determination, Ivy Rose Murphy has come up in the world. She still begs for di..

The war in Europe is over, but for the residents of Beach View Boarding House its effects are still ..

Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia. She's not intending to stay long, but after trac..

Dympna Byrnes lives a simple life with her family on the Connemara coast. She adores her father Mich..

Elsie Barker is desperate for a new start after her husband leaves her. When her friend Izzy - who n..

After her daughter Arabella passes away, leaving a poor, motherless child in her wake, Nell Almond d..

The Pratchett family have to contend with coalman Alfie Pratchett's obsessive jealousy. A bully, his..

1960. Having been firm friends ever since they met in a Blackpool boarding house five years before, ..

Manchester, 1908. Attractive, intelligent Mary Maitland is furious to learn that her pompous boss wi..