London 1938. Bookseller Gertie Bingham is facing difficult times having just lost her beloved husban..

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

1866. On a dark brooding summer's evening Agnes Lenham seats herself in an empty first-class compart..

Travelling home from a European holiday Iris Carr ends up alone at the station after a quarrel with ..

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..

Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met..

The cheerful Mother Superior of St Philomena's convent is friend to many in the town of Fairbridge a..

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..

1952. As a telephonist in the Royal Household Helen Hill hears many private conversations daily. And..

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