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London 1950. Peggy Ronoscki is happily settling into life running her guesthouse on Mulberry Lane, surrounded by close friends and family. Life just seems too good...but then disaster strikes. Pip, her beloved son, is left in a coma following a devastating car crash, and a young girl collapses in the market, leaving Peggy no option but to nurse her back to health. As things begin to go awry, Peggy worries she has brought trouble to her doorstep Can her life ever return to normal? Or has Peggy’s good nature led her astray?

The women of Mulberry Lane anxiously wait for news. Peggy doesn’t know if she’ll ever again see Able, the American father of her twins, while a very odd letter from estranged husband, Laurie, threatens to set the cat among the pigeons. Rose can’t stop loving Jimmy, while Tom can’t stop loving her. Will Gordon ever again be the man he once was? Can he be a proper husband to Maureen, and if he can’t, what will become of their marriage?

Cambridgeshire - March 1939. As the clouds of war begin to gather in Europe, the Talbot family of rural Blackberry Farm will be torn apart, just as so many families all over the world will be. Life will never be the same again. Whilst in London, the Salmons family will feel the pain of parting and loss. Brought together by war, the two families become intertwined and, as the outlook looks bleak, they must draw on each other’s strength to fight through the hard times.

Maggie Bailey has not had an easy childhood. Her father, Michael, always too easy with his fists after spending the family’s rent money down the pub. Just sixteen, in love and blinded by promises, Maggie sees marriage to handsome Jack as her great escape. However, she soon finds herself abandoned with a beautiful baby when Jack disappears. Maggie is forced to seek a new life away from the East End of London and finds herself a job at a hotel in Yarmouth.

As the war rages on in Europe, it brings untold heartache to the Talbot family at Blackberry Farm. First Tom is missing in action and then his brother John. leaving the family distraught with worry. Faith finds herself in trouble and turns to Lizzie for support as fear and grief bring them closer together. But tragedy is never too far away and when it strikes, it may not be those who fight that suffer most. Will Pam’s prayers be answered and will both her sons return home?

London 1958. Life has moved on since the war, and the youngsters of Mulberry Lane are growing up fast. Peggy’s Ronaski’s family is struggling with growing pains, but she is always there, strong, reliable and ready to help whenever a crisis hits. Meanwhile, Maureen Hart has family problems of her own to contend with. Together they will work hard to conquer all of what life has to throw at them.

She is a servant girl... When her father becomes ill, Emily Carter finds herself sent into service at Priorsfield Manor in order to provide the family with an income. He will be the Lord of the Manor... Emily strikes up an unlikely friendship with the daughters of the house, as well as Nicolas, son of the Earl. But as the threat of war comes ever closer, she becomes even more aware of the vast differences between upstairs and downstairs, servant and master...If you like Downton Abbey you’ll love this!

Jack Barlow has a dream. For generations his family have been in service at Trenwith Estate. If he can survive the ravages of war, he’ll return home to build his own mechanic business and become master of his own destiny. Louise Saint-Claire is battling against the odds to run her family farmhouse in German occupied France after her abusive husband is taken prisoner by the Germans. She is determined to survive this brutal and bloody war. But fate throws Jack and Louise together when she finds the wounded British soldier and she decides to risk everything to keep him safe

London, 1938: Lizzie Larch is a 20-year-old hat maker in London's east end. She is happy and popular, but she carries a secret. Seven years ago she was viciously attacked and recovered in a private sanatorium where she miscarried a child. Lizzie has no memory of the night of the attack, but secrets cannot stay secret for too long. When she starts courting her boss' nephew, a shocking revelation surfaces; threatening to destroy their new-found happiness.

As Spring blossoms, it seems love is in the air. 21 year-old, John Talbot dreams of a world not at war, where he can be a father to his young son Jonny and have a wife by his side. But is nurse Lucy Ross the woman for him? When brothers Tom and John are recalled to active service, Artie is left to look after the farm. But tragedy strikes at the very heart of the family, when Arthur peacefully passes and John is reported missing in action. Pam, is left grief-stricken and fearing the worst with John lost at sea – has John’s luck finally run out?

Hampshire, 1913. Amidst the glitz and glamour of England’s High Society, Sarah Trenwith is more of a wallflower living in the shadow of her beautiful sister Marianne. But as the war approaches Sarah will have to step out of the place society and her family have assigned her if she’s to do her part and claim the love she always dreamed of from afar.

Ein trostloser Winter liegt über London, aber die Freundschaft zueinander wärmt die Herzen in der Mulberry Lane... 1943, Mulberry Lane, London. Rose Merchant ist der Neuzugang in der Mulberry Lane und schnell fühlt sie sich dort Zuhause. Aber ein dunkles Geheimnis lastet auf ihren Schultern. Kann sie sich den anderen Frauen anvertrauen und ihnen davon erzählen? Oder wird sie ihre neue Heimat wieder verlieren? Ellie wohnt und arbeitet mittlerweile bei Mabel Tandy, die das kleine Wollgeschäft in der Straße führt.

London scheint den Krieg fast überstanden zu haben, aber der Alltag lastet schwer auf der Mulberry Lane... Die Frauen in der Mulberry Lane kämpfen nicht nur mit der strengen Rationierung der Lebensmittel, sondern warten auch ängstlich auf Neuigkeiten von der Front. Peggy weiß immer noch nicht, ob sie den Vater ihrer Zwillinge jemals wiedersehen wird. Als sie dann auch noch einen seltsamen Brief erhält, muss sie trotz dieser Ungewissheit eine Entscheidung treffen, die ihr ganzes Leben verändern wird. Maureen erlebt ebenfalls bange Zeiten.

Der Krieg wütet in London, doch neues Leben bringt Hoffnung und Freude in die Mulberry Lane... 1941, Mulberry Lane, London. Für die Bewohner in der Mulberry Lane brechen harte Zeiten an, denn der Krieg beherrscht die Stadt. Während die Männer weit weg an der Front kämpfen, warten ihre Frauen sehnsüchtig auf Briefe und Nachrichten, um zu wissen, dass es ihnen gut geht. Und es gibt auch Hoffnung: Peggy erwartet Zwillinge und Maureen hat ebenfalls gute Neuigkeiten.

Während der Zweite Weltkrieg London beherrscht, halten die Frauen aus der Mulberry Lane fest zusammen... Maureen Jackson wusste, dass das Leben als angehende Krankenschwester nicht einfach sein würde. Aber sie hatte nicht damit gerechnet, dass ihr Krankenhaus gleich in ihrer ersten Schicht schwer bombardiert wird. Zudem halten sie Familie und Freunde in der Mulberry Lane Maureen auf Trab, denn dort wird sie genauso gebraucht wie bei ihren Patienten. Und als wäre das nicht genug, tritt auch Rory wieder in ihr Leben.

Der drohende Krieg überschattet London, doch die Frauen aus der Mulberry Lane kämpfen mit ihren ganz eigenen Sorgen... 1938, Mulberry Lane, London. Maureen Jackson fühlt sich wie eine Gefangene. Drei Jahre zuvor war ihre Welt noch in Ordnung. Sie wollte Rory, den Mann ihrer Träume, heiraten und mit ihm eine eigene Familie gründen. Aber seit dem Tod Ihrer Mutter muss sie sich um ihren Vater kümmern, der ihr das Leben zur Hölle macht. Nun schuftet sie Tag und Nacht in seinem Lebensmittelgeschäft. Als dann Rory nach London zurückkehrt und mit ihm seine schwangere Frau, erinnert das Maureen an das Leben, das ihres hätte sein sollen.

Devon, 1918. When Jessie Hale loses her nursing job, she leaves London to become the nurse maid to the Kendle family. On arrival she finds the family in disarray. When their elderly Nanny suffers a bad fall, Jessie has to try to bring the household together. Gradually, Jessie finds her place in their lives. Jessie soon starts to love her life at Kendlebury Hall, but problems arise when her feelings for her employer start to change....

As a small child, Nellie Peace was always dreaming but sensed her mother’s rejection. Abandoned and sent into service at Beaumont House at an early age, Nellie is lost and alone until she meets the unpredictable and reclusive artist Lucas Harrington and falls in love with him. This unlikely association between master and servant is encouraged by Lucas’ gentle-natured Aunt Alice, as Lucas sees something unusual in Nellie and is compelled to paint her. Broken promises lead to inevitable heartbreak, and Nellie flees Beaumont House in disgrace for London.

1939. When the man Georgie has always loved is sent to France on a secret mission, every knock of the door fills her with dread. Beth is determined to do her bit for the war effort. Caught up in a whirlwind romance, she marries only to become a war widow. Desperately trying to make her way back from Paris to her family in England, a fateful and tragic encounter brings Hetty to Chateau de Faubourg, where she joins the resistance.

December 1930. With the Depression biting deeper, it looks like many children in the East End will wake up to nothing on Christmas morning. Widower Robbie Graham earns just enough to put food on the table for his children, Ben and Ruthie. Local cake shop owner Flo Hawkins can't bear the thought of any child having nothing for Christmas. Along with her sister, Honour, she hatches a plan to bring some festive cheer to the community.