Episode #4.3 

As dysentery sweeps through the area Trixie takes on her first official duty since her engagement to vicar Tom by organizing the Rose of Poplar contest whilst Phyllis is concerned for ... See full summary »

Director:

Juliet May

Writers:

Heidi Thomas (created by), Jennifer Worth (inspired by the memoirs of)

Stars:

Vanessa Redgrave, Cliff Parisi, Richard Fleeshman

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Vanessa Redgrave	...	Mature Jenny (voice)
Cliff Parisi	...	Fred Buckle
Richard Fleeshman	...	Tony Amos
Judy Parfitt	...	Sister Monica Joan
Linda Bassett	...	Phyllis Crane
Helen George	...	Trixie Franklin
Colin Mace	...	Arthur Watts
Cara Theobold	...	Marie Amos
Emerald Fennell	...	Patsy Mount
Stephen McGann	...	Dr. Patrick Turner
Laura Main	...	Shelagh Turner
Alice Brown	...	Angela Turner
Siobhán O'Kelly	...	Dolores McAvoy (as Siobhan O'Kelly)
Jevon Lightowlers	...	McAvoy Boy
Drew Lightowlers	...	McAvoy Boy

Storyline

As dysentery sweeps through the area Trixie takes on her first official duty since her engagement to vicar Tom by organizing the Rose of Poplar contest whilst Phyllis is concerned for sickly Dolores McEvoy, who is living in a filthy hostel apart from her husband but is too ashamed to give the address. When Phyllis locates the hostel she also finds the source of the dysentery. Meanwhile young father-to-be Tony Amos is the victim of police entrapment when he goes cruising in a men's toilet. Dr Turner speaks up for him when he is taken to court but, although prison is avoided, bigoted attitudes make life difficult for him and his wife and the nurses' opinions are divided.

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Plot Keywords:

dysentery | poverty | homosexual | homophobia | reference to doctor john watson | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

The "blue lady" painting is a print of "Chinese Girl" (also known as The Green Lady), a popular 1952 painting by Vladimir Tretchikoff. The original sold for just under one million pounds at Bonhams auction house in London in 2013.

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Goofs

Tony Amos comes to the church near the end in a dramatic scene asking when his wife Marie should show up to the pageant. The scene is dramatic as the other characters speak about loving the sinners, etc. Tony leaves satisfied, but they never actually answered his question about what time Marie should show up.

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Quotes

Phyllis Crane: [Observing Sister Monica Joan removing rat poison from a tin receptacle] Fred has put down rat poison for a reason. Poplar is in the middle of an infestation.
Sister Monica Joan: As a herbivore, you cannot condone this cull.
Phyllis Crane: The rat is a vehicle for disease.
Sister Monica Joan: Poison the rat, and through clouds of time and space, you poison man.
[Trixie enters]
Sister Monica Joan: We are all essentially the rat.
Trixie Franklin: Speak for yourself. I've had enough of hearing about the wretched things, it's quite ghastly.
[Trixie exits]
Sister Monica Joan: The rats concur!

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Connections

References The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 February 2015 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Neal Street Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

59 min

Color:

Color