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.

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

Popular Cast

Jessica Marais
Jessica Marais
Joan Miller
Mandy McElhinney
Mandy McElhinney
Matron Frances Bolton
Miranda Tapsell
Miranda Tapsell
Martha Tennant
Andrew Ryan
Andrew Ryan
Simon Bowditch