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

Ewan Stokes disappeared after a football match in Ipswich 15 years ago. No one knows where he went b..

'Owing to frequent acquaintance with peril I had become unusually hardened for a woman.' Mrs Paschal..

1910. Halley's Comet is coming. Harry Houdini the most celebrated escape artist in the world has sol..

May 1931. For blind First World War veteran Frederick Rowlands the craze for flying holds little int..

The female private detective has been a staple of popular culture for over 150 years. But what about..

Summer 1948. London swelters amid post-war reconstruction while continued rationing and the black-ma..

In a small Alaskan town a boy is found with his throat ripped out and all the blood drained from his..

Profiler and therapist Kez Lanyon is shocked when she finds a baby on the backseat of her car with a..

Miss Hester Harper middle-aged and eccentric brings Katherine into her emotionally impoverished life..

AD 61. Britannia is divided. The rebel horde has been defeated. But the leader Boudica and her remai..

When asked about when it all began Peter Maxwell would always say that it was at breakfast one day w..

September 1920. A young bride is discovered dead at a country house on her wedding day. Has she fall..

Carole Seddon doesn't care for the theatre. But her neighbour Jude counts the job of actress among h..

June 1940. As World War Two rages Daphne Devine remains in London performing each night as assistant..