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

March 1557. Jack Blackjack is back in London and enjoying a sedentary life. After his treacherous vo..

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

March 1941. World War Two is well underway and the Blitz is taking its toll on Central London with b..

Cambridge 1944. Bill Anderson is a restless young fighter pilot who finds himself grounded for a wee..

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..

21-year-old Alix is studying in Paris far away from Sasha her Serbian father and Leonora her English..

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

Two days before an auction of the contents of High Gates House in Borrowdale Christopher Henderson b..

March 1918. British newspapers carry the dreadful news that the German Spring Offensive has begun wi..

Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the 1950s but no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford..

When Cass is asked by her father to take on an unusual photography project in the Caribbean Island o..

Six summers ago Liv and Finn meet working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline their futures ful..