When the Bough Breaks
1971NSPCC 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.
Acted in
Hannah Gordon
as Margaret Ashdown
Cheryl Kennedy
as Sheila Gosse
Neil McCarthy
as Eddie Gosse
Donald Burton
as Dr. Cunningham
Edith MacArthur
as Audrey Campbell
Griffith Davies
as George Standish
Mark Parr
as Timmy Gosse
Ysanne Churchman
as Sister Thompson
Ruth Kettlewell
as Sister Potts
Margaret Elliot
as Receptionist
Andrew Neil
as Alec Foster
Jumoke Debayo
as Nurse
Isla Cameron
as Switchboard operator
