Bomb Girls

For Pixie and Rita, the Munitions Girls, work is dangerous and the hours long but they are making the most of the war while trying to stay alive. Then Pixie falls pregnant and her life changes dramatically. Alone and unable to work, she has to rely on the kindness of friends to help her survive…

1944, Hampshire: Her face still bearing the scars from the explosion at the factory, Rita Brown nonetheless manages to keep calm and carry on with a little help from her friends. But when she discovers someone there has been leaking secrets to the Germans, Rita must work out who she can rely on - and fast.

Autumn, 1944. Doodlebugs are the latest threat to war-battered southern England but at Priddy's munitions factory, Em Earle is about to suffer a threat from much nearer home. Local crook Samuel Golden is up to his old tricks, trying to find ways to exploit people's hardship for his own gain.

The war is drawing to a close, but the munitions girls are still hard at work in the factory. An act of kindness towards a homeless teenager, provides Gladys with a new friend and lodger. But Goldie has run away from her dangerous family - can Gladys keep both of them safe while dealing with her own unexpected pregnancy?