When the Bough Breaks
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May 6, 1971
1h 15m
Overview
NSPCC social worker Margaret Ashdown is given the case of investigating into the Gosse family, when the young mother, Sheila, is unable to explain her baby's fractured skull at the hospital. She discovers the family live in poverty and ignorance, and have a tradition of instability.
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Cast
Hannah Gordon
Margaret AshdownCheryl Kennedy
Sheila Gosse
Neil McCarthy
Eddie Gosse
Donald Burton
Dr. CunninghamEdith MacArthur
Audrey CampbellGriffith Davies
George StandishMark Parr
Timmy Gosse
Ysanne Churchman
Sister Thompson
Ruth Kettlewell
Sister PottsMargaret Elliot
Receptionist
Andrew Neil
Alec FosterJumoke Debayo
NurseIsla Cameron
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