
Dr Eleanor Bramwell has set her heart on becoming a leading surgeon. As a favour to her doctor father, eminent surgeon Sir Herbert Hamilton lets Eleanor assist at the hospital he runs. (S1 Ep1)

Dr Eleanor Bramwell has set her heart on becoming a leading surgeon. As a favour to her doctor father, eminent surgeon Sir Herbert Hamilton lets Eleanor assist at the hospital he runs. (S1 Ep1)

Eleanor opens the charitable Thrift Infirmary and discovers that distinguishing between the deserving and undeserving poor is not only difficult but dangerous. (S1 Ep2)

When Lady Cora's pregnant maid is rushed to the Thrift with labour pains, no one suspects she will lead them into the criminal underworld and bring Eleanor's father back to surgery. (S1 Ep3)

Eleanor is flattered by the attentions of Dr Samuel Hunter but must revise her opinion of him when Mary, his housekeeper, suddenly dies and dark, buried secrets resurface. (S1 Ep4)

Dr Robert Bramwell's experiments with electrotherapy treatment land him in hot water. Meanwhile, Eleanor has her own problems when a patient is far from grateful for her help. (S1 Ep5)