Overview
- Episode one centers on concerns for four children, features Sister Catherine’s first solo delivery, and includes a Women’s Liberation meeting.
- The new run begins on Sunday, 11 January, with eight hour-long installments scheduled on BBC One.
- Core cast members return, including Judy Parfitt, Jenny Agutter, Laura Main, Helen George, Cliff Parisi, Stephen McGann, Linda Bassett and others.
- Guest players in the premiere include Izzy Meikle-Small as Thelma Cutler, Turlough Convery as Ian Kingsley, Sophie Reid as Maxine Drummond, Carla Freeman as Bernice and Gordon Millar as Kevin Cutler.
- Season themes highlighted by producers include the Women’s Liberation Movement, premature birth, placenta previa, kidney cancer, tuberculosis and slavery, with Jenny Agutter suggesting a darker tone.
- Coverage also revisits original cast updates, noting Miranda Hart’s 2024 private marriage and her recent comments about living with Lyme disease.