British Modern Classics

The Roberts family leave dreary postwar Manchester for a new life down under.

Newly qualified midwife Jenny arrives in the East End to embark on a challenging career.

Is Barry brave enough to leave his wife for his lover?

As WWI ends, a night in a Soho club leaves Kate in trouble. Violet applies to the police.

Creating the world’s most famous regiment begins with failure.

The true story of the Mangrove restaurant, a hub of community activism during the 1970s.

Six armed men steal £26m worth of gold and set about trying to dispose of the bullion.

When a crate of guns disappears, Thomas sees an opportunity to move up in the world.

Andrea Levy's award-winning story of Jamaicans and Londoners during World War II.

Victor finds himself in grave danger amid Ceausescu's paranoia.

At the end of WWII, Bert Trautmann stays in the UK for love and a football career.

A stranger’s death leads Luke Fitzwilliam to Wychwood, where all is not as it seems.

A list found in a dead woman’s shoe appears to contain names marked for imminent death.

1981, and Birmingham explodes. Dante is rescued from a riot, and a new world opens up.

Ethel and her husband John Reginald Christie set up home at 10 Rillington Place.

Margaret Sweeny meets the dashing (and married) Ian Campbell, future Duke of Argyll.

Jeremy Thorpe's attempt to keep his affair with Norman Scott secret unravels.