1916 LIVERPOOL. Following the death of her father Ruby Swift and husband Archie finally move back into Ashland Hall. As the Great War rages fathers and sons take the King's Shilling and head off to fight the unknown enemy not knowing what horrors lie ahead. With Ned Kincaid in the Navy Archie signs up to the volunteer constabulary and nurses Anna Cassidy and Ellie Harrington enlist to do their bit for King and Country. Soon the true casualties of war are being brought home in droves Ruby converts Ashland Hall into an auxiliary hospital for wounded servicemen. It’s not long before the true cost of war is brought closer to home and Anna and Ellie enlist in the British Military Nursing Corp and soon find themselves in the battlefields of France in search of the truth. But they soon discover more than they bargained for...
Julie Maisey has appeared at Hampstead Theatre, The Royal National Theatre and on TV in The Bill, Eastenders and various sit-coms including Birds of a Feather and Holding the Baby. Voiceover highlight... more
