Episode 1
Drama series based on historical records. Revolution grips the East End as an explosion brings fears of a bomb, and the hospital staff struggle to control the angry victims.
Matron Eva Luckes returns in the powerful series from the London hospital, dramatised from original records.
Revolution grips the East End as an explosion brings fears of a bomb, and Ethel Bennett and Dr Millais Culpin struggle to control the angry victims. When detectives arrive, Matron Luckes and Chairman Sydney Holland fear the hospital is in danger of becoming an extension of Scotland Yard.
Meanwhile, Sister Ada Russell battles with irascible star surgeon Mr Henry Dean, whose addiction to cocaine is an open secret. And ambitious young Dr Ingrams faces catastrophe in the operating theatre.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Matron Eva Luckes | Cherie Lunghi |
| Ada Russell | Sarah Smart |
| Dr Millais Culpin | William Houston |
| Sydney Holland | Nicholas Farrell |
| Hurry Fenwick | David Troughton |
| Ethel Bennett | Charity Wakefield |
| Henry Dean | Paul Hilton |
| Dr Harry Ingrams | Tom Hughes |
| Producer | Bryn Higgins |
| Director | Bryn Higgins |
| Nurse Granger | Dorothy Atkinson |
| Deborah Lynch | Aimee-Ffion Edwards |
| Nellie Bowers | Tessa Parr |
| Frederick Smith | Kenneth Colley |
| Uncle Mick | John Graham Davies |
| Mrs Anderson | Imogen Bain |
| DSI Hatton | Tim Woodward |
| Bomb Victim | Simon Harvey |
| Morosov | Mihai Tudorescu |
| Bomb Victim | Meryl Hampton |
| Mrs Perkins | Louise Perez |
| Stepanovs | Jon Lolis |
| Mr Hubnar | Ian Conningham |
| Foreman | Gary Bleasdale |
