Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Vanessa Redgraveas Jennifer Worth (voice)
Jenny Agutteras Sister Julienne
Judy Parfittas Sister Monica Joan
Jessica Raineas Jenny Lee
Molly Veversas Sister Catherine
Rebecca Gethingsas Sister Veronica
Jennifer Kirbyas Nurse Valerie Dyer
Linda Bassettas Phyllis Crane
Stephen McGannas Dr Patrick Turner
Leonie Elliottas Nurse Lucille Anderson
Heidi Thomas
Andrea Gibb
Sasha Hails