Catherine Cookson was one of Britain’s best-loved and most successful authors. At the time of her death in 1998, she had published nearly 100 novels and sold more than 120 million books. With a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels, Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time, from poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life to become one of the most successful historical novelist of recent times. Her timeless stories are presented in this collection of 23 feature-length adaptations from her most famous books. The combination of powerful story-telling, high production values and big names cast including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sean Bean, Juliet Stevenson and more, make this DVD set the perfect addition to any collection.