Bombs were falling all over Britain. . .For one young Londoner in a children's home - Queenie Clapto..

Jean Parris was a child when her adored father was taken away by the Nazis. As she and her mother wa..

Paris 1899. Abigail Wilson has received an invitation from Professor Alphonse Flamand a prominent Fr..

French chef Sylvie was sent to Paris as part of the resistance while German soldier Christoph is doi..

Buckingham Palace 1951. The nation is on the road to recovery after World War Two. And so is Milly H..

It's Christmas 1936 and an eclectic list of guests and staff have gathered for the grand reopening o..

Dog sitter Gwinny Tuffel is staying on an ageing rock singer's houseboat in London's Little Venice l..

London 1927. Frederick Rowlands a First World War veteran who was blinded at Ypres is working as a s..

Berlin 1948. World War II has ended and there is supposed to be peace but Russian troops have closed..

Lynsey Carne likes control. She likes her job. What she definitely doesn't like is relaxing or enter..

Sunset Hall is a house share for the old and unruly led by Agnes Sharp. It's an eventful day when th..

Welcome to Hampshire 1795 where a young Jane Austen has her sights set on securing a marriage propos..

Meet the Williamson sisters Britain's most treasured World War II veterans. Now in their 90s Josephi..

Jersey 1943. Once a warm and neighbourly community now German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets im..

1954. Bea Bell has lived in Grenada her whole life. . . until she meets handsome surveyor Patrick An..