Season 4 • Episode 10
LatestJoan risks everything to be reunited with her missing child. Matron makes a shock announcement when she is accused of unethical behavior. Debbie takes extreme action to locate Ed and reunite him with Elena.
The lives of staff at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and the wild streets of Darlinghurst in the 1960s. Joan Miller is a smart and sophisticated midwife who returns home from London to take a job at the Kings Cross Hospital. Dr Patrick McNaughton is a charismatic head of obstetrics at Kings Cross Hospital. Frances Bolton is the tough matron who also controls the running of Stanton House, a home for unwed pregnant young women.
Acting
Mandy McElhinney's matron — terrifying, tender, unforgettable.
Production
Kings Cross recreated with grimy, glamorous authenticity.
Creator
Sarah Lambert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series dramatizes Australia's forced adoption scandal, where unwed mothers were systematically pressured to surrender babies until the 1980s.
Creator Sarah Lambert grew up near the real Stanton House location; Miranda Tapsell's breakout role here led to her becoming one of Australia's most in-demand Indigenous actors.
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