The Network

What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?

Cast

Anthony Bate

as Roland Jeffries

Geoffrey Chater

as Philip Hartley

Penelope Horner

as Fiona Dunkerley

Sara Clee

as Rose Hontin

Natalie Caron

as Christina Bauer

Michael Barrington

as John Dunkerley

Jean Marlow

as Nurse Mitchison

Margaret Lawley

as Staff nurse

Yvette Byrne

as Midwife

Tessa Bell-Briggs

as Nurse

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