The Best Episodes Written By Joe Ainsworth

With sister Hilda away on a refresher course, sister Julienne steps in to carry out home visits. The new pupil midwives are settling in well, and there is a sense of hope in the air.  While examining expectant mother Vera Sands during a routine visit, sister Julienne is concerned by her toddler daughter who is displaying troubling symptoms. Determined to find out what’s wrong, sister Julienne and doctor Turner are on the case.  Meanwhile, an overly protective mother struggles to cope with her daughter’s teenage pregnancy and is insistent on keeping it low key, much to the frustration of new pupil midwife Nancy Corrigan. 

After a young mother vanishes for seven years, she resurfaces on Whitstable Beach, leaving Pearl determined to uncover where she's been and her reasons for returning.

Mervin begrudgingly agrees to watch a local women’s football game with the team. But it’s cut short when the star player is discovered with a fatal bullet wound.