"Bramwell" Episode #1.3 (1995)

Director:

Laura Sims

Writers:

Harriet Davison (creator) and
Lucy Gannon (creator) ...
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TV Series:

"Bramwell" (1995)

Original Air Date:

5 June 1995 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Eleanor, her father, and the clinic staff try to save a woman in labor but are astonished when they discover her husband is black...

Plot Keywords:

Medical | Sequel | Third Part | Doctor | First Of Series

Cast

Jemma Redgrave	...	Eleanor Bramwell
David Calder	...	Robert Bramwell
Ruth Sheen	...	Nurse Ethel Carr
Michele Dotrice	...	Lady Cora Peters
Karen Frawley	...	Claire Carter
Cliff Parisi	...	Daniel Bentley
Idris Elba	...	Charlie Carter
Keeley Gainey	...	Kate
Catherine Clarke	...	Night Nurse
Phil Atkinson	...	Constable
Nora Connolly	...	Martha
Mick Barnfather	...	Sergeant

Directed by
Laura Sims

Writing credits
Harriet Davison		(creator) and
Lucy Gannon		(creator) and
Tim Whitby		(creator)
Lucy Gannon		writer

Produced by
Harriet Davison	....	co-producer
Margaret Mitchell	....	line producer
Tim Whitby	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Stephen Warbeck

Cinematography by
Daf Hobson

Film Editing by
Neil Thomson

Casting by
Susie Bruffin

Production Design by
Laurence Dorman

Costume Design by
Evangeline Harrison

Makeup Department
Chris Lyons	....	special effects teeth
Rupert Simon	....	additional hair stylist
Rupert Simon	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
George Adams	....	executive in charge of production

Art Department
Eli Bø	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Richard Spooner	....	sound editor

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephanie Eatwell	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Josef d'Bache-Kane	....	assistant on-line editor

Other crew
Rebecca Earl	....	production coordinator
Colleen Hughes	....	production coordinator
Ann Simpson	....	script supervisor

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Harriet Davison		creator
Lucy Gannon		creator
Jonathan Rich		(episode writer)
Tim Whitby		creator

Art Direction by
David Bowes

Makeup Department
Anne Spiers	....	hair designer
Anne Spiers	....	makeup designer
Anne Spiers	....	prosthetic designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Oscar Beuselinck	....	second assistant director
Toby Hosking	....	assistant director
Kieron Phipps	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Claudio Campana	....	draughtsman
Bob Devine	....	construction chargehand
Ron Nicholls	....	stagehand
Mike Sotheran	....	chargehand painter (as Michael Sotheran)

Sound Department
Richard Dunford	....	dubbing editor
Dave Sloss	....	foley recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Laurie Shane	....	gaffer
Jono Tomes	....	clapper loader

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Suzi Turnbull	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Michael Jonathan Brierley	....	on-line editor
Simon Brook	....	on-line editor
Ian Differ	....	assistant editor
Siobhan Quin	....	assistant on-line editor
Charlotte Serpell	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Jonathan Allott	....	location manager
Theresa Garnett	....	script editor
Linda Gregory	....	production accountant
Darren Harrison	....	runner
Bridget Kenningham	....	location assistant
Jennie McClean	....	production coordinator
Paul Mortimer	....	unit paramedic
Anya Noakes	....	unit publicist
Patricia Poole	....	assistant accountant

Quotes:

Dr. Eleanor Bramwell:My father, interested in motherless babes? According to him, they're nothing but trouble, for years and years.
Dr. Robert Bramwell:Decades.

Very Offensive

I just watched this particular episode, and even though I have always enjoyed this show, I must say that this particular episode left little to be desired. The whole theme bothered me, especially when the Black baby is treated as though it is simply Black and nothing more. The white mother was of no consideration at all, and this in itself is unrealistic. I just didn't like the way the story was written, with such a warped sense of understanding about the nature of human beings in regard to skin colour. There was a superiority about this episode that related to the audience that while it is perfectly normal to be White it is abnormal and strange to be of another ethnicity. Racism does exist and this is a fact, but the way the show portrayed this story line was extremely offensive to me and displayed the efforts of an irresponsible writer, who should never have tackled a subject matter such as this one without knowing the facts. Black people, whether in that time or now, are just as worthy and human as anyone else. The father and child were portrayed as anything but human and this is what really bothered me.