Manchester 1922. Belinda Layton is a surplus girl. One of the many women whose dreams of marriage pe..

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

Hull 1930. A terrified woman runs through the dark rain-lashed streets pursued by a man desperate to..

In 1898 three young girls leave a Dublin orphanage to enter a life of domestic service. They are pla..

A new century brings change to Eden Harris's ordered world. Despite years of service to the Bradbury..

Aurora Pettigrew has a loving family a nice home a comfortable life. She's waiting for the right man..

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

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

Following a terrible storm seven-year-old Lottie is rescued from a shipwreck by local Cornishman Arn..

Jenny Simmons has always thought of herself as the ugly duckling of her family so when she blossoms ..

After Ruth Dixon's mother deserts her on Christmas Eve her father comes home drunk and commits an un..

Barbara Roberts pretty mischievous and 17 has grown up wanting for nothing. But a long-buried family..

Liverpool 1917. When Irish seaman Michael Gallagher docks in Liverpool after years of fighting with ..

Liverpool 1940. As the Luftwaffe turns its attention to Liverpool Shane Quinn decides to move his fa..

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