Sarah Lambert
Director
Love Child (2014)
Season 3
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.
Released Feb. 17, 2014
Episode 48 min
14+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.australia, tmdb.hospital, tmdb.1960s, imdb.women-s-liberation, imdb.lovechild, imdb.maternity-ward, imdb.love-child + 16 more, imdb.generational-conflict, imdb.year-1969, tmdb.maternity, imdb.hippie, imdb.nurse, imdb.single-mother, imdb.psychedelic-drug, imdb.sexual-revolution, imdb.contemporary-historical-setting, imdb.medical-drama, imdb.hospital, imdb.australian-historical-setting, imdb.social-history, imdb.20th-century, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.1960s
Production Companies: Playmaker Media
Network: Nine Network
S3E1 - Episode 1
It’s 1970 and the times they are a-changing. Joan is devastated to discover an infection has left her almost certainly infertile while delinquent teen Maggie is determined to discover the identity of her birth mother.
June 20, 2016, midnight
S3E2 - Episode 2
Shirley fights to keep her job as Maggie learns the truth of their relationship, Joan uncovers McNaughton's part in Greg Mathieson's death, and Viv loses her twins all over again.
June 27, 2016, midnight
S3E3 - Episode 3
Whilst being blackmailed by McNaughton's estranged wife, Joan rescues Maggie and other abused girls from Tarramar by agreeing to help Matron reopen her 'baby factory', Stanton House.
July 4, 2016, midnight
S3E4 - Episode 4
As Joan struggles to admit her infertility to Jim, Annie faces the death of her father, but not before he encourages her to go to Vietnam as an entertainer.
July 11, 2016, midnight
S3E5 - Episode 5
In Vietnam, Viv finds herself holding her newly orphaned baby nephew. Joan confirms Eva is pregnant as Patty and Jim give in to their lust.
July 18, 2016, midnight
S3E6 - Episode 6
While Viv is forced to leave her orphaned nephew behind in Vietnam, Joan is devastated when Jim does a runner to avoid jail - taking baby James with him.
July 25, 2016, midnight
S3E7 - Episode 7
Joan is devastated when Jim does a runner to avoid jail, taking baby James with him.
July 25, 2016, midnight
S3E8 - 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 balance following her role in Eva's pregnancy. Shirley makes a life-changing decision to help Maggie keep her baby.
July 31, 2016, midnight
S3E9 - Episode 9
Dr McNaughton is prepared to sacrifice his career to help Joan and Jim escape criminal charges. But is he too late? A drunken bucks night ruins Patty's plans for Martha and Bowditch's wedding. Viv faces a tough choice when Pete proposes to her.
Aug. 1, 2016, midnight
S3E10 - Episode 10
As wedding bells chime, new love blossoms as old loves are lost forever, and amidst betrayal and secrecy, Joan must face the hardest decision of her life.
Aug. 1, 2016, midnight
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Nine Network
48 min/ep
1728 min
Feb. 17, 2014
July 4, 2017, midnight
Ended
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14+
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