Love Child

Mandy McElhinney

Matron Frances Bolton

Miranda Tapsell

Martha Tennant

Andrew Ryan

Simon Bowditch

Seasons

Season 1

8 episodes

Premiered Feb 17, 2014

Season 2

8 episodes

Premiered May 5, 2015

Season 3

10 episodes

Premiered Jun 20, 2016

Season 4

10 episodes

Premiered May 2, 2017

Episodes

1–6 of 8

Ep 1

Episode 1

Feb 17, 2014

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 drugged by her parents and sent to a home for unwed mothers.

Ep 2

Episode 2

Feb 24, 2014

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 her baby, but realises her old life is gone forever.

Ep 3

Episode 3

Mar 3, 2014

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 from Stanton House.

Ep 4

Episode 4

Mar 10, 2014

As Kings Cross is invaded by soldiers on rest and relaxation leave from the Vietnam War, Joan helps Viv track down her brother. After losing her baby, Annie's life spirals out of control until she is rescued by an unlikely guardian angel.

Ep 5

Episode 5

Mar 17, 2014

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 opportunity of a lifetime at a Kings Cross nightclub.

Ep 6

Episode 6

Mar 24, 2014