Series 2    Episode 6
May 20, 1996
It is February 1896, and a Valentine card arrives, addressed to ""Dr. Bramwell"". Robert assumes (wrongly) that it is meant for him, but cannot imagine who might have sent it. Meanwhile, old Nanny Pat arrives for a visit, and immediately takes a dislike to Kate who, after all, has only worked there for three years. Nanny is full of tales about the new job she is moving on to, but doesn't seem in a hurry to leave.Eleanor has secured a substantial donation for the Thrift, and decides to celebrate by taking Dr. Marsham to a fair in a nearby street. In the ""freak show"" there, they see a young woman, named Rose Tully, with an enormously deformed head, being displayed as ""the biggest brain on earth. When Rose is injured in a disturbance caused by dissatisfied customers, she is removed to the Thrift for treatment. Eleanor believes the deformity is a large cyst which could be removed by surgery, according to a recent paper by a Doctor Woolfenden, whom she consults in the matter. Rose is agreeabl
Directed By
Paul Unwin
Cast of (206)
  • Jemma Redgrave
  • Ruth Sheen
  • David Calder
  • Keeley Gainey
  • Cliff Parisi
  • Kevin McMonagle
  • Andrew ConnollyBramwell
  • Ron CookPercy Banks
  • Sarah-Jane PottsRose Tully
  • Eve PearceNanny Pat

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