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When the Bough Breaks (Original title)
Date: 06 May 1971 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: James Ferman

Synopsis: Play with the subject of baby battering. 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.

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TV Transmissions
Date: 06 May 1971Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:20-22:35Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 11 May 1972Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:20-22:35Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork

Credits (7)
Production Company: BBC TV, Producer: Irene Shubik, Script: Tony Parker, Lighting: John Treays, Designer: Roger Andrews, Sound: Brian Hiles
Cast (13)
Hannah Gordon (Margaret Ashdown), Neil McCarthy (Eddie Gosse), Cheryl Kennedy (Sheila Gosse), Griffith Davies (George Standish), Mark Parr (Timmy Gosse), Jumoke Debayo (nurse), Ysanne Churchman (Sister Thompson), Isla Cameron (switchboard operator), Margaret Elliot (receptionist), Donald Burton (Dr Cunningham), Ruth Kettlewell (Sister Potts), Andrew Neil (Alec Foster), Edith MacArthur (Audrey Campbell)