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Born and Bred

  • 2002 – 2005
  • Ended
  • Drama
  • ~1h / ep
  • 4 seasons
  • 9.0/10

In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital under the newly established National Health Service.

Latest: Season 4 · 2005

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  1. E1. The Great Leap Forward

    Jun 1, 2005 · 60m

    Ormston welcomes a new face and bids farewell to an old friend. Donald and Deborah set up a mobile blood bank before Tom returns from New Zealand, and find a match for teenage haemophiliac Abel Marl.

  2. E2. Flying Home

    Jun 8, 2005 · 60m

    Helen returns to join the villagers in paying their last respects to Tom. Logan's patience is tested by hypochondriac Albie Thwaites while Henry Williamson suggests that Deborah and Donald sell the cottage hospital to the NHS.

  3. E3. Community Spirits

    Jun 15, 2005 · 60m

    Deborah continues to run the hospital alongside Newman and becomes involved with Janette Locke, who appears to be abusing her son. Jean and Eddie become temporary landlords at the pub whilst Phyllis recuperates from an injury.

  4. E4. Never Seek to Tell

    Jun 22, 2005 · 60m

    The Cosgroves prepare for their latest foster child. Logan shelters Albert Tooley, a young army deserter, and Mary Pilling fears that he has run away to be with her, unaware of her recent marriage to Cyril.

  5. E5. Apple Day

    Jun 29, 2005 · 60m

    Ormston prepares for the traditional Apple Day Festival, while Len's cousin Nathan visits.

  6. E6. The Milk of Human Kindness

    Jul 6, 2005 · 60m

    Both Emma Rowe and Laura contract a fever after they are admitted to hospital, but it could be more than just a simply a coincidence.

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