1945. War is over and people are celebrating but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire Judith..

In the wake of World War Two the whole country is desperate for houses with very little money availa..

Germany 1939: Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport unsure that she'll ever see her parents agai..

Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry and it falls to her to become sol..

Lancashire 1931. When Finn Carlisle loses his wife and unborn child he spends a few years travelling..

Lancashire 1932. Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester with his sickly daughter Cathie scrimpi..

Lancashire 1934. When Tam Crawford is unexpectedly bequeathed some money he can finally realise his ..

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

Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death Stella comes into some money unexpecte..

Evie spent her early years left outside on the step. With a drunk for a father and a neglectful moth..

Imogen Rita and Debby all missed the original evacuation and now the authorities are finding it diff..

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

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

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and la..

It's Christmas Eve 1920 when Abby Kirby's family is ripped apart. Leaving everything she's ever know..