Item category 1: Family Saga

Harbour House continues to keep the Roby family safe from harm. Not so for new lodger Richard Stoneleigh. As one of the few men who can captain a ship, Richard is called to help with the dangerous evacuation of troops from Dunkirk - it's a perilous voyage that almost costs Richard his life. House...

Betsy Drew has one thing on her mind. And that's the hope that Alvis Dooley might glance in her direction. But it's the outbreak of World War II in Liverpool and whilst everyone is fearful of what Hitler might do next, Betsy is full of dreams for a future with Alvis. But one afternoon when he eve...

Somerset, 1932. In the dead of night, a young woman is abandoned on the steps of Orchard Cottage Hospital and a man is seen fleeing. Nobody knows their identities. When the young woman dies, Doctor Frances Brakespeare is keen to solve the mystery of her identity and find those responsible for her...

1941. Bombs are raining down on the city. In one terrifying moment, trainee nurse Pippa Luscombe's life is turned upside-down when her hospital takes a direct hit. As Pippa comes to terms with the full extent of the tragedy, she must pick up the pieces of her life. But the incident has left lasti...

York, 1940. World War Two has arrived for the girls of the Rowntrees factory, and with rationing crippling the country, chocolate production has been driven to a bare minimum. It's all change for the Freeman sisters when the Rowntrees factory is turned over to making munitions. Molly is put on th...

August, 1939. Britain is in the throes of war, but Katharina Valentine feels sidelined. Employed as a typist at the top-secret cabinet war rooms, she still has no idea what is really occurring in the basement beneath the war office. As unexpected staff shortages present an opportunity to work dir...

In London 1942 the war is far from over. Soldier Raymond de Guise returns from North Africa to his family and friends at the Buckingham Hotel. He has suffered hardship and loss, but England needs him more than ever. Spies have infiltrated high society at the hotel, alongside a wave of American GI...

1916: As fighting in Europe continues, the Clarks Factory Girls find themselves caught in a divided community. With the country in the grips of conscription, the pacifism at the heart of Street village comes under scrutiny, and when Kate befriends Gerald, a young Quaker arrested for refusing to f...

Liverpool, 1861. Annie Shaw longs to be taken seriously. At 14, she's fed up of being babied by her secretive big sister Delilah. When Annie's old friend Clara visits with tales of the good money that can be made at the cotton mill outside Ormskirk, she sees her chance at adventure and runs away....

Will a dark shadow destroy her family? As a servant below stairs at the big house, Rose hopes to run her own teashop one day, and to keep the dream alive, carefully saves a few shillings each week. On a visit home to see her mother and her headstrong sister, Daisy, Rose is shocked to discover tha...