Season 8 • Episode 12
LatestA can of worms is opened when Gordon attends to a local family's problems, and when violence spills onto the Royal's wards he gets caught up in the crossfire. Meanwhile, baby Aisling's adoption is final. However, Sister Brigid is confused by her feelings.
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
Production
Incredible 60s Yorkshire period detail on obvious budget.
Acting
Denis Lill's Mr. Rose: absolute scene-stealing grump perfection.
Writing
87 episodes of escalating soap that somehow never jumps sharks.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spun off from Heartbeat, another Yorkshire nostalgia-fest, because apparently one 60s medical drama wasn't enough for British television.
Part of a bizarre British TV phenomenon: endless cosy period dramas set in the 50s-60s, collectively pretending the decade wasn't actually miserable.
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