Mother of Ann who consults Dr. Joyce, sparking a brief affair. Her death from a window fall is ruled accidental but suspected to be foul play, setting the plot in motion.
Jimmy Bancroft's girlfriend and former nurse. She joins Jimmy on a countryside walking tour and, as a keen birdwatcher, helps discover and protect the nesting tawny pipits alongside the local villagers.
An architect who entered the profession to please her father, Hilary discovers her vocation after seeing nurses care for her injured young assistant. With Sir Marshall Freyne's influence, she begins demanding nurse training despite being older than most candidates. Her independent challenges to hospital rules bring her into conflict with the matron, while her growing love for Laurence Rains competes with her commitment to nursing.
The popular manager of the Golden Lion Hotel, known to everyone by a familiar nickname. She marries David Archdale and later has a son with him. After David's death, she maintains a platonic relationship with Johnny Hollis and persuades the reluctant Peter Penrose to propose to Iris.
Nurse haunted by nightmares over her mother's death. Transfers guilt to Higgins and falls down stairs. Ultimately collapses and dies from poison, which Eden attempts to counteract.
Frances is a married woman who works at the day nursery because she longs to be around children after losing her own baby. Drawn to Jimmy, she persuades his ill mother, Lily, to let her and her husband care for him temporarily. Frances and her husband raise Jimmy as their own, and later resist Lily's attempt to reclaim him.
Rosamund John has 18 screen credits in a career dating back to 1934. Signature works include Never Look Back, She Shall Have Murder, The Upturned Glass. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
