Annabelle Apsion

A young diabetic girl faces heartbreak when she falls pregnant as a result of a clandestine romance. Elsewhere, the midwives become involved with a settlement of Irish Travellers and Sister Mary Cynthia delivers her first baby since becoming a nun.

The maternity home sees two school friends reunited and their lives become intertwined in the most unexpected way. Elsewhere, Barbara and Sister Mary Cynthia team up to implement a revolutionary technique on their bedsore patient before it is discovered that it is his steadfast wife who is the one most in need of care.

Sister Julienne's faith is challenged when a mother refuses medicine for her newborn baby.

With modern advances starting to change things for the better, will medical professionals like Dr Turner and Shelagh look again at their own lifestyles? As the couple fight for better respiratory health for their patients, Timothy realises that his parents are putting themselves at risk by continuing to smoke. When a back injury forces Violet to put her beloved shop in Fred’s care, their relationship grows stronger - but with unforeseen consequences. Across Poplar another family unit appears to be broken before it’s begun, as new mother Roseanne’s past wreaks havoc on her family life. Nurse Crane, concerned about Roseanne's mental state, draws on her own experiences to help her.

MI-5 members go through a practice germ-warfare exercise but soon realize that they may be facing a real attack.