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Episodes (8)
Feb 17, 2014
Ambitious midwife Joan Millar returns from London and discovers all is not what it seems at a maternity wing in a Kings Cross hospital. A pregnant girl, Viv Maguire, wakes to find she's been drugged by her parents and sent far from home.
Feb 24, 2014
July 1969. The world waits to see man walk on the moon as Joan is reacquainted with an old flame .... and Annie returns home to find she cannot cope without her baby.
Mar 03, 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.
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.
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.
Mar 24, 2014
Joan's world is rocked when she uncovers the truth about Annie's baby. Shirley's affair with Johnny is exposed when her husband returns injured from Vietnam. Annie's singing career takes off when she appears on TV show Bandstand.
Mar 31, 2014
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 from the police. Viv uncovers a disturbing secret about Matron.
Apr 07, 2014
Joan fears the worst when Annie kidnaps her baby back from the McNaughton family. Johnny makes a shocking sacrifice and Patricia's dreams for the future are shattered when her boyfriend finally visits Stanton House.
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Love Child Season 1 (2014) is released on Feb 17, 2014 and the latest season 4 of Love Child is released in 2017. Watch Love Child online - the English Drama TV series from Australia. Love Child is directed by Geoff Bennett,Shawn Seet,Grant Brown,Shirley Barrett and created by Sarah Lambert with Jessica Marais and Mandy McElhinney.
A character drama set in 1969 Kings Cross, the time and place Australia came of age and the new generation broke all the rules. It was the Summer of Love. Mick Jagger was in town, Australia was glued to the telecast of the moon landing, and American sailors clashed on the street with anti-Vietnam war protesters. Joan Millar, a 28-year-old maverick midwife, returns to Australia from London and meets five young pregnant women whose choices for their babies and their own lives exemplify the radical changes at the heart of the cultural and sexual revolution. Their lives intersect between a maternity hospital, a home for unwed mothers, and the wild streets of Darlinghurst.