When the Bough Breaks
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.
Directed by James Ferman · Written by Tony Parker
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Cast
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Hannah Gordon Margaret Ashdown - Cheryl Kennedy Sheila Gosse
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Neil McCarthy Eddie Gosse -
Donald Burton Dr. Cunningham - Edith MacArthur Audrey Campbell
- Griffith Davies George Standish
- Mark Parr Timmy Gosse
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Ysanne Churchman Sister Thompson -
Ruth Kettlewell Sister Potts - Margaret Elliot Receptionist
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Andrew Neil Alec Foster - Jumoke Debayo Nurse
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