Nell Whitaker is 15 when war breaks out and her mother sends her to live with her Auntie Kath in a r..

Hetty Gilbert is a canal child with no permanent address so when she needs to join the library she c..

The Crying Game opens in 1944 and tells the story of Trixie - a girl who has only ever known turmoil..

Martha Packer is much loved by everyone in the village of Hillsbridge. As the landlady of The Three ..

Lizzie is an orphan living with her Aunt Annie Uncle Perce and two boy cousins within a stone's thro..

When 16-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast she is terrified by what lies ahead o..

The truth is Ella is hiding from a scandal. A scandal that drove her family out of their beloved Lan..

Her name was Hannah Boyle but to the people of the village she would always be 'The Girl' - Matthew ..

Austria 1938. Anne von Korvacs watches in horror as Hitler's tanks roll through the streets of Vienn..

Along a blacked-out wartime street a girl is scurrying a basket on one arm. As sirens begin and bomb..

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

For ten years Delia has had to fend for herself and her son Jack and as a young unmarried mother lif..

1928 The Isle of Dogs. When her sailor husband goes missing presumed drowned Eve Kumar struggles to ..

1930 the Isle of Dogs. Young Lily Bright works long hours on a market stall selling furniture and b..

Joanna Ryan's father has gone off to war leaving her in the care of her step-mother a woman more con..