When the Bough Breaks

When the Bough Breaks

75 mins | Drama | May 6, 1971

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.

When the Bough Breaks

75 mins | Drama | May 6, 1971

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.
Producers
Original title When the Bough Breaks
Directors James Ferman
Writers Tony Parker

Cast

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