Episode 5
A solo delivery puts Sister Julienne鈥檚 skills to the utmost test. The Nonnatus team oversee the care of a man living inside an iron lung, and Cyril returns from Jamaica.
It's the start of the summer holidays, and Sister Veronica arrives at an abandoned warehouse, looking for a family to discuss the children鈥檚 truancy. The mother is pregnant, but her imposing husband is refusing a midwife visit.
Shelagh makes a house call to see a man who lives inside an iron lung after being paralysed from a polio infection. His wife is his main carer, and Shelagh notices that she is looking jaundiced.
The 1970 Commonwealth Games has everyone excited. Children play in the street with their makeshift hurdles and javelins, To keep the games safe, Violet enlists the help of Cyril, who has returned from Jamaica.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Sister Julienne | Jenny Agutter |
Nurse Phyllis Crane | Linda Bassett |
Sister Monica Joan | Judy Parfitt |
Nurse Shelagh Turner | Laura Main |
Dr Patrick Turner | Stephen McGann |
Fred Buckle | Cliff Parisi |
Violet Buckle | Annabelle Apsion |
Miss Millicent Higgins | Georgie Glen |
Cyril Robinson | Zephryn Taitte |
Sister Veronica | Rebecca Gethings |
Reggie Jackson | Daniel Laurie |
Nurse Joyce Highland | Renee Bailey |
Nurse Rosalind Clifford | Natalie Quarry |
Sister Catherine | Molly Vevers |
Vincent Baldwin | Robert Lonsdale |
Eva Baldwin | Laura Hanna |
Sylvie Baldwin | Olivia Young |
Tracey Baldwin | Millie Young |
Betty Desmond | Sophie Bould |
Owen Desmond | Ben Owen-Jones |
Harry Chopra | Eisa Latif |
Yussuf Khan | Sevvel Kannan Gureja |
Sid | Jonathan Ball |
Cabbie | Andy Watkins |
Dr Padfield | David Charles |
Mrs Wallace | Linda Hargreaves |
Angela Turner | Alice Brown |
Teddy Turner | Edward Shaw |
May Tang | April Rae Hoang |
Voice of Mature Jennifer Worth | Vanessa Redgrave |
Executive Producer | Pippa Harris |
Executive Producer | Heidi Thomas |
Executive Producer | Ann Tricklebank |
Producer | Ann Tricklebank |
Writer | Annalisa Dinnella |
Director | Delyth Thomas |
Production Company | Neal Street Productions |