c 1950 to c 1959

Germany, 1946. A reluctant spy is born. Edith Graham has always flown under the radar. Working for years as a teacher in a girls' school, she had a quiet war, sequestered away in the English countryside. But beneath her quiet exterior lies the heart of an adventurer. When a family friend asks her...

New York, 1947. Mob fixer Gabriel Leveson's plans to flee the city are put on hold when he is tasked with tracking down stolen mob money by 'the boss of all bosses', Frank Costello. But while he's busy looking, he doesn't notice who's watching him. Meanwhile, Private Investigator Ida Young and he...

Newlyweds Donald Langham and Maria Dupre have moved to the country, but they've barely settled in when a body is found by a standing stone in their neighbour's grounds. Donald and Maria discover tensions, disputes and resentment raging below the surface of this idyllic village, but can they find ...

London 1958. Life has moved on since the war and the youngsters of Mulberry Lane are growing up fast. Peggy's Ronaski's family is struggling with growing pains but she is always there, strong, reliable and ready to help whenever a crisis hits. Meanwhile, Maureen Hart has family problems of her ow...

This is the story of two sisters caught up in Cold War espionage. In 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat husband and their two children. Four years later, Ruth Macallister receives a postcard from the estranged twin sister she hasn't seen since engulfing Euro...

In the Golden Age of Hollywood, Kelly Sinclair is on the cusp of becoming the next big movie star. Until then, she's spending the summer of 1953 on the magical island of Capri. Sixty years later, on a visit to her elderly grandmother's cottage, photographer Maddie Williams unearths a box of old f...

A magical and heart-warming novelisation based on the Secret Garden movie. Children will love this official novelisation of the film and will be gripped by ten-year-old Mary's epic journey from India to the Yorkshire Moors where she discovers a magical secret garden with the power to change lives.

1956. A celebrated Russian author is writing a book, Doctor Zhivago, which could spark dissent in the Soviet Union. The Soviets, afraid of its subversive power, ban it. But in the rest of the world it's fast becoming a sensation. The CIA plans to use the book to tip the Cold War in its favour. Th...

A young man, broken down in the fog, witnesses a murder he is asked to conceal. A full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play.