The gang are stunned when Hetty is accused of stealing the Dawn Star, and a fire in the barn leads to a dramatic escape. ...

The gang are in danger when Rosamund leaves Lady Grenford and Ambrose in charge. Hetty finally cracks the code - but can the gang get to the Dawn Star in time? ...

The gang realise they need to break through a wall to get to the jewel - but can they do it without being discovered? And what will Agnes do when she finds out Gideon and ...

Lizzie discovers a secret tunnel with a clue, while the gang races Ambrose to find the jewel, and Hetty fears that Ashok is growing too friendly with Lady Grenford. ...

Hetty and the gang find crucial clues to the Dawn Star, although Flo and Ambrose are now watching them closely and Lady Grenford appears to know more about the diamond th ...

The gang follow clues as they search for the Dawn Star, not realising that Ambrose is looking for it, too. Rosamund surprises everyone when she brings an old enemy back t ...

Jack has a romantic proposal in mind, but a new butler and his daughter, Flo, spells trouble for the gang, while Ashok reveals his secret - a priceless diamond hidden in ...

Hetty and the gang play a prank on Sheila, but it has disastrous consequences when a young visitor with a secret arrives to stay at Calendar Hall. ...

Hetty and Sheila realize that Matron had sent spies to recover the book and has mistakenly taken Emily. Helped by Emily's friend Henry Hetty and Gideon rescue her but Het ...

Hetty, Sheila and Gideon are now working for the Callender family, under stern housekeeper Mrs Penhaligon. Gideon befriends Edwin, the invalid son of the house, kept away ...

On the day most of the boys leave for the army and Harriet to work in America, Matron, aware that Hetty knows she has stolen the money and bought her own transatlantic ti ...

With Harriet due to leave Matthias throws a picnic for his friends, including Sheila, whilst Colonel Brigwell brings patrons Mr and Mrs Callender to announce that most of ...

RSM Charlie Palmer comes to the orphanage to drill the boys for a military display and confesses to Walter that he is his father. Meanwhile, in an effort to reunite Nurse ...

Following a storm which damages the roof Matron hopes to impress the visiting governors by claiming that she will start fund raising for a new one. One of the governors, ...

Matron discovers the book recording her illegal sale of orphans and puts it on the fire in front of Hetty before entertaining Chester Benjamin, an American philanthropist ...

There is a break-in at the orphanage and next day Bromsden arrives to tell Matron that Jess, one of Grace's gang, has escaped and is on the premises with stolen goods, in ...

Due to Sheila's treachery Matron discovers Ida's letter whilst Hetty and Cissy arrive at the workhouse to find Ida has left, for a job in Highgate. Selling flowers to fin ...

On the day that Miss Sarah Smith arrives as the orphanage's new governor Ida briefly returns to drop off a letter informing Hetty that she is living at the Ludgate workho ...

Hetty is now sure that Ida is her mother but needs to keep it a secret from Matron as, having deposited Hetty at the orphanage, Ida cannot legally reclaim her before her ...

Matron holds a fund-raising art exhibition for the patrons, having locked Hetty in a dark outhouse as a punishment but Hetty is comforted by Ida, who gives her some surpr ...

Hetty pens an anonymous love letter from Mathias to Harriet, requesting she wears a feather on her dress to acknowledge it but it is accidentally picked up by Matron, who ...

The bullying Blanche Newbould continues to be deliberately rude and threatening to everybody and even Matron seems too scared to punish her though one night Monica finds ...

The orphans are intrigued when Matron returns and clearly has a secret in the cellar. It turns out to be a wild girl called Blanche, who claims that Matron sold her to a ...

Matron suddenly disappears after receiving a mysterious letter, leaving Donald Cranbourne in charge but he is soon visited by his stern vicar father, demanding he leave t ...

During a stormy night Hetty entertains her friends with stories of Joseph Twig, whose ghost allegedly haunts the orphanage tower. Next day wealthy Mr and Mrs McCartney ar ...

Hetty is shocked at the brisk way in which baby Hazel Didcott is received from her mother for reception at the orphanage, the more so when she learns Hazel's name will be ...

Set in Victorian-era London of 1887, Hetty and her foster brother Gideon are forced to return to the foundling hospital where she was abandoned by her mother as a baby. H ...

Hetty arrives at the circus but Madame Adeline assures her that she is not her mother and Bottomly follows and arrives to drag her back to the hospital. Aware that Bottom ...

Visitors arrive for the hospital's Open Day, including Cranborne's cousin Lord Upton and his young daughter Charlotte, who are due for an immediate diplomatic posting to ...

Gideon gets a letter from his mother wanting to see him and he attempts to escape but Hetty proves to him it was a hoax perpetrated by the unpleasant Sheila. Meanwhile Ha ...

An army sergeant visits the hospital to recruit a drummer boy, the successful candidate being decided on the outcome of a series of tests. In the event the sergeant picks ...

The foundlings must perform a hymn by composer Mr Melrose to sing at a charity lunch but they are bored by it so kindly Nurse Winterson teaches them a music hall song, wi ...