Nerys Hughes

Ella Burton works as a cleaner at the Palace Theatre, a place of glamour and excitement to the people of Swansea at the turn of the 20th century. Abused by the ruthless manager of the theatre, she is thrown out on the streets and forced into a brutal marriage.

Fern Jenkins' life is changed for ever when her brother is killed in action and her father dies in a mining explosion. Turned out of their home, Fern and her mother Wynne are forced to seek a new life in Cardiff.

Cynthia and John Lennon's relationship spanned ten crucial years of the Beatles phenomenon. But as well as an insight into the Beatles years, Cynthia has a compelling personal story of marriage, motherhood and the man who was to become the most idolised and admired of all the Beatles.

Newlywed Nerys Watkins leaves rural Wales for the first time in her life, to accompany her husband on a missionary posting to India. As war engulfs Europe, the Watkins are in remote Ladakh, high up in the Himalayas. Nerys is lonely, but she makes a glamorous new friend, Myrtle McMinn, who introduces her to the lakeside city of Srinagar.

On a cold winter night two sisters leave their home in Ireland to escape their abusive father. Their plan is to sail to Liverpool and from there to New York, but fate intervenes. The girls are separated, one stranded in Liverpool, and the other at the mercy of strangers in America.

Four women try to escape their troubled pasts when they stay at an enchanting house in Liverpool. As they while away the brilliant summer under the trees in the lovely garden of the big house, friendships form that will last a lifetime. But it isn't all a bed of roses - after all, nothing lasts forever.

Life in Cardiff's slums is hard for Katie and her mother, especially after her father is imprisoned and they are homeless and penniless. When her father is released they hope that things will improve, but they get worse! Can Katie ever escape and make a new life for herself? X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.

This is the story of Cara and Sybil whose lives are entwined from the moment they are born one September in the same house, but classes apart.

Sheryl’s marriage to Alun is especially difficult when they are reduced to living in poverty in the slums of Cardiff. When Alun is imprisoned, Sheryl has to leave her daughter Caitlin with her in-laws. Then Caitlin disappears after taking off to Cardiff in search of her mother.

Crippled by polio, Winnie Molloy has little to look forward to. At the start of the war her adored father is called up and she is left with her feckless mother. When Tommy is declared missing, her mother goes on a drinking spree and dies. Winnie, alone and loveless, is sent to an orphanage, will her life ever improve?