Melody, 28 years old, a confused child born under the name X, decides to rent out her body in order to get the money she needs to realize her dream: opening a hair-dressing salon. To do so, she accepts to carry the child of Emily, a rich English woman 48 years old who can no longer have children. To make sure everything goes well and keep an eye on her future child, Emily decides to welcome Melody into her home and stay by her side throughout the pregnancy. Although they first appear to come from completely different worlds, the two women end up adopting each other: Melody finds in Emily the mother she never had, and Emily sees in Melody the daughter she always wanted to have. Evidently, the bonds that emerge during this double maternity create all sorts of doubts and questions.
Londres, 1930. Tres niñas huérfanas, Pauline, Petrova y Posy Fossil, son adoptadas por un excéntrico explorador, el profesor Gum. Las niñas ven ahora una oportunidad de cumplir sus sueños: Pauline quiere ser actriz, Petrova aviadora y Posy bailarina. Todo cambia cuando Gum desaparece, abandonando a las jóvenes a su suerte y dejándolas sin dinero para sobrevivir.
Inglaterra, 1971. Un grupo de ladrones planea y ejecuta un golpe maestro: un espectacular atraco a un banco. Pero, además del dinero y las joyas, forman parte del botín ciertos documentos que permitirían sacar a la luz un escándalo de corrupción que involucra no sólo a altos funcionarios del gobierno británico, sino también a un miembro de la familia real.
Following the lives of ten characters through their letters and diaries in the ten days before D-Day. The mini-series contains documentary interviews with the people on which the book, and this mini-series were based.
