Love Child
Love Child

Love Child

2014 4 Seasons 36 Episodes ⭐ 5.3 Drama

The lives of staff at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and the wild streets of Darlinghurst in the 1960s. Joan Miller is a smart and sophisticated midwife who returns home from London to take a job at the Kings Cross Hospital. Dr Patrick McNaughton is a charismatic head of obstetrics at Kings Cross Hospital. Frances Bolton is the tough matron who also controls the running of Stanton House, a home for unwed pregnant young women.

The lives of staff at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and the wild streets of Darlinghurst in the 1960s. Joan Miller is a smart and sophisticated midwife who returns home from London to take a job at the Kings Cross Hospital. Dr Patrick McNaughton is a charismatic head of obstetrics at Kings Cross Hospital. Frances Bolton is the tough matron who also controls the running of Stanton House, a home for unwed pregnant young women.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Episode 1

Kings Cross, 1969: An ambitious midwife returns from London to uncover a system of forced adoptions at the local hospita

EP 2

Episode 2

June 1969. As the world counts down to the first moon landing, Joan flirts with danger at the hospital and makes a power

EP 3

Episode 3

Joan risks her career to help Annie get her baby back, unaware of the implications for Dr McNaughton. Patricia's mother

EP 4

Episode 4

As Kings Cross is invaded by soldiers on rest and relaxation leave from the Vietnam War, Joan helps Viv track down her b

EP 5

Episode 5

Joan fights the hospital 'boys club' for her right to complete her medical degree. Johnny is arrested after an anti-war

EP 6

Episode 6

Joan's world is rocked when she uncovers the truth about Annie's baby. Shirley's affair with Johnny is exposed when her

EP 7

Episode 7

Joan wrestles with the consequences of telling Annie the truth about her baby. Shirley is left with a seriously ill baby

EP 8

Episode 8

Joan fears the worst when Annie kidnaps her baby back from the McNaughton family. Johnny makes a shocking sacrifice and

EP 1

Episode 1

Joan's new career as a doctor is threatened when she helps a pregnant teen. Viv's estranged mother tries to take control

EP 2

Episode 2

Joan is obsessed with finding the father of Gail's baby. Viv finds an unlikely ally in Matron as she suffers through a d

EP 3

Episode 3

Patricia refuses to sign adoption papers for her unborn baby, with tragic results. Joan gets closer to finding the famil

EP 4

Episode 4

Joan finds herself in the middle of a violent custody battle over Gail's baby. Patricia faces a crisis when she travels

EP 5

Episode 5

The custody battle over Jim's baby becomes deadly serious. Joan receives a surprising proposal. Annie is deemed an unfit

EP 6

Episode 6

Joan puts the welfare of Jim’s baby ahead of her career. Matron makes a deal with the devil in order to save Stanton H

EP 7

Episode 7

Martha’s reunion with her birth mother turns into a nightmare. Joan and Jim’s relationship is blown apart by a secre

EP 8

Episode 8

In the season final, Joan makes a terrible choice to save her husband. Matron fights a desperate battle to keep Stanton

EP 1

Episode 1

It’s 1970 and the times they are a-changing. Joan is devastated to discover an infection has left her almost certainly

EP 2

Episode 2

Shirley fights to keep her job as Maggie learns the truth of their relationship, Joan uncovers McNaughton's part in Greg

EP 3

Episode 3

Whilst being blackmailed by McNaughton's estranged wife, Joan rescues Maggie and other abused girls from Tarramar by agr

EP 4

Episode 4

As Joan struggles to admit her infertility to Jim, Annie faces the death of her father, but not before he encourages her

EP 5

Episode 5

In Vietnam, Viv finds herself holding her newly orphaned baby nephew. Joan confirms Eva is pregnant as Patty and Jim giv

EP 6

Episode 6

While Viv is forced to leave her orphaned nephew behind in Vietnam, Joan is devastated when Jim does a runner to avoid j

EP 7

Episode 7

Joan is devastated when Jim does a runner to avoid jail, taking baby James with him.

EP 8

Episode 8

Annie risks losing her unborn child when she is injured at an anti-war protest. Joan's career as a doctor hangs in the b

EP 9

Episode 9

Dr McNaughton is prepared to sacrifice his career to help Joan and Jim escape criminal charges. But is he too late? A dr

EP 10

Episode 10

As wedding bells chime, new love blossoms as old loves are lost forever, and amidst betrayal and secrecy, Joan must face

EP 1

Episode 1

When Joan goes into early labour, the unorthodox new head of obstetrics is the only one who can help her. Matron has her

EP 2

Episode 2

Filled with grief after the death of her best friend Patty, Martha is determined to uncover the truth of Patty's final h

EP 3

Episode 3

Joan must compete for a permanent doctor's position against her friend Bowditch as well as a sexist rival with wandering

EP 4

Episode 4

Viv and Martha fight for their rights at the International Women's Day march. When Joan's baby falls ill, Matron is wrac

EP 5

Episode 5

Joan attempts to bury her grief by throwing herself back into work, but is it too soon? Meanwhile, Elena is torn between

EP 6

Episode 6

Rita refuses medical assistance that could save her and her baby's life. Simon confesses his role in the hit and run acc

EP 7

Episode 7

Joan's world is upended when her ex-fiance arrives from London. Bowditch and Martha are blackmailed over the hit-and-run

EP 8

Episode 8

Joan makes a fateful decision about her future with Lawrence. Debbie's world is rocked when she discovers Matron has mad

EP 9

Episode 9

Joan finds proof her baby was swapped at birth, while Matron embarks on a cover-up. Elena's wedding plans are ruined by

EP 10

Episode 10

Joan risks everything to be reunited with her missing child. Matron makes a shock announcement when she is accused of un

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