It's 1943 and young Lily Collins is throwing herself into a welcome home party for her friend Beryl's husband. Shyly starting to be more than just good friends with their lodger, Jim, Lily's life seems good and Les's safe return is something to celebrate. But when Les returns he is a changed man from his time in the desert war. And home life is getting harder too - Marlow's, the town's department store where Lily and Jim work, will be forced to adapt...

When World War II breaks out, Suzanne Linfoot's dream of one day forming an all-women orchestra crumbles. Dedicated to doing her bit for the war effort but determined not to give up her music, Suzanne joins a swing band who are members of the ENSA - the Entertainment National Service Association - to entertain the troops in some of the worst-hit cities across Europe. With the world at war, Suzanne helps build morale for her country's troops. But she...

Britain, 1943. Though she's the youngest of her siblings, Ronnie Linfoot is determined to do her bit for the war effort - just as her two older sisters are. Against her mother's wishes, she signs up to join the Grand Union Canal Company, where she'll be working on a narrowboat taking critical supplies from London to Birmingham and back again. But without an ounce of experience on the waterways, she must learn the ropes quickly, and the job doesn't...

September 1939. London is in blackout, war has been declared, but Dulcie Treadwell can think only of her heartbreak over a whirlwind romance with American broadcaster, Glenn Reeves, who didn't say goodbye before leaving for Berlin. Humiliated, Dulcie channels her anger into helping the war effort. Posted to Bletchley Park, she must concentrate instead on cracking the German Enigma codes. The hours are long and the conditions tough, with little recognition...

The Nazis will kill to protect it. The Allies will die to uncover it. With the war on a knife-edge, the best weapon against the Third Reich may not be a weapon at all ... Autumn, 1941. The war is going badly for Britain and its allies. If Hitler is to be stopped, a new weapon is desperately needed. In Cambridge, professor Tom Wilde is approached by an American intelligence officer who claims to know of such a weapon - one so secret even Hitler himself...

It's 1939 and the threat of war hangs over Britain. A spirited young woman, Raine Linfoot has always had an overriding ambition to take to the skies. Her hero, Doug Williams, teaches her to fly when she is just 17. With her pilot's license it seems as though the sky's the limit for Raine - until war breaks out. Raine knows that her place is not at home and she is determined to assist the war effort by doing what she loves, but the Air Transport Auxiliary...

It's 1942 and as shortages of staff - and goods - begin to bite, young Lily Collins is thrilled to step up to sales junior in her job at Marlow's department store. But bombs are still falling and Lily and fellow shop girls Gladys and Beryl need a stiff upper lip to wave boyfriends, husbands and brothers goodbye, especially with a baby on the way and grim news on the wireless. When Jim, who works with Lily at the store, seems restless, things are bad...