Ben O'Toole

Joan wrestles with the consequences of telling Annie the truth about her baby. Shirley is left with a seriously ill baby and no money when Johnny goes on the run…

Joan fights the hospital ‘boys club’ for her right to complete her medical degree. Johnny is arrested after an anti-war protest, while Shirley goes into premature labour. Annie gets the…

Joan risks her career to help Annie get her baby back, unaware of the implications for Dr McNaughton. Patricia’s mother visits from Melbourne and offers her daughter an early exit…

June 1969. As the world counts down to the first moon landing, Joan flirts with danger at the hospital and makes a powerful enemy. Annie returns home after giving up…

Kings Cross, 1969: An ambitious midwife returns from London to uncover a system of forced adoptions at the local hospital. A pregnant country girl, Viv, wakes to find she’s been…