Episode #5.1 

As Easter approaches, the nuns prepare for celebrations, while Trixie is taken up with a new exercise class, Patsy awaits Delia's decision, and the group are shaken by the birth of a severely deformed baby.

Director:

Syd Macartney

Writers:

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

Stars:

Vanessa Redgrave, Helen George, Charlotte Ritchie

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Vanessa Redgrave	...	Mature Jennifer Worth (voice)
Helen George	...	Nurse Trixie Franklin
Charlotte Ritchie	...	Nurse Barbara Gilbert
Alix Dunmore	...	Instructress
Laura Main	...	Shelagh Turner
James McLelland	...	Perry Mullucks (as Jamie McLelland)
Liz White	...	Rhoda Mullucks
Bart Edwards	...	Denny Wray
Emerald Fennell	...	Nurse Patsy Mount
Linda Bassett	...	Nurse Phyllis Crane
Jenny Agutter	...	Sister Julienne
Bryony Hannah	...	Sister Mary Cynthia
Victoria Yeates	...	Sister Winifred
Lily-Rose Aslandogdu	...	Belinda Mullucks
Judy Parfitt	...	Sister Monica Joan

Storyline

Patsy and Shelagh are shocked when experienced mother Rhoda Mullocks gives birth to a baby girl with severely malformed arms - the result, though nobody realizes - of Rhoda taking the pain killer thalidomide and Dr Turner is baffled. Rhoda's husband Bernie rejects the child as a monster, putting him at odds with his wife who wants to keep her, and Sister Mary Cynthia has to work hard to make him change his view. Meanwhile Trixie starts a keep fit class, where she discovers a problem encountered by elderly student Olive and Patsy is overjoyed when Delia comes to stay at the convent.

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

A "meths drinker" is someone who drinks methylated spirits (denatured alcohol). This is ethanol with additives to make it nauseating or even poisonous to consume. It is used as a fuel in alcohol burners and camp stoves.

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Soundtracks

Poetry in Motion
(uncredited)
Written by Mike Anthony and Paul Kaufman
Performed by Johnny Tillotson

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 April 2016 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Neal Street Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

58 min

Color:

Color