'Bramwell' Season 2 / Episode 7 / Part 1 of 4 * JEMMA REDGRAVE as Dr E Bramwell

From the PBS Masterpiece Theatre series first aired far too many years ago. From Season 2, Episode 7, Part 1.

Jemma Redgrave's Dr. Eleanor Bramwell displays many admirable qualities as she struggles to become a physician/surgeon in the male-dominated world of Victorian England, yet her Bramwell also shows some very human foibles, tool, giving the audience a more interesting, credible and sympathetic character. The re-creation of clinical scenes is also quite accurate (and occasionally not for the squeamish!).

SYNOPSIS :
In the finest tradition of period costume drama, BRAMWELL follows the fortunes of public health heroine Dr. Eleanor Bramwell (JEMMA REDGRAVE) as she takes on the medical establishment in Victorian-era London. Feisty and unconventional, Eleanor fights to take health care out of the dark ages, and the stories depicted in BRAMWELL are based on documented cases from the 1890s.

Season 2.
In the second season of BRAMWELL, Eleanor finds her private practice failing and faces tough choices ahead in her encounters with a case of spousal abuse, pre-teen prostitution, an outbreak of cholera, and a mysterious aunt with a secret to hide. Along the way, she falls in love with her handsome and charismatic new partner at work, Dr. Finn O'Neill (ANDREW CONNOLLY).

CAST :
Eleanor Bramwell . . . Jemma Redgrave
Robert Bramwell . . . David Calder

Written by Lucy Gannon
Directed by David Tucker and Laura Sims
Produced by Tim Whitby and Harriet Davison

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SEASON 2
EPISODE 7
A young woman pedestrian injured in an accident with a carriage is rushed into the Thrift after being found by Charles Sheldon, surgical equipment supplier to the infirmary. But Eleanor is dumbfounded when she parts the patient's dress to reveal a hairy masculine chest. It is left to Marsham to educate her as to the true nature of 18-year-old Frederick Hackett, but she defends his right to stay on the ward despite the covert suspicion of her staff, and the open hostility shown by a fellow patient, the hard-drinking Beamish.

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[gue1020]

I love it, What year did this show run and for how long?

[mariandelochs]

@gue1020

From the PBS Masterpiece Theatre website: The series first aired in 1996, ran through 2001. I didn't catch it when it aired then, but only saw it on rental DVD a few years ago. Been one of my absolute favs yet!

[jlfittro]

@newbeequilter

why don't you go quilt something, with all respect

[chunkindunkin]

If u like medical period dramas set around this time... Watch casualty 1906,7,9,

Bout the London hospital, maybe a bit better than bramwell, very well made, bbc

[Kagama]

Please Eleanor cant you keep quiet once? Didnt they have to be silent regarding their patients back then?

[newbeequilter]

She finds the sodomite, Frederick, more offensive than others who've come through the Thrift. As if cutting his hair will make any difference in who he is. I too think sodomy is a sin, but so is adultery, albeit emotional -- in which she enourages her coworker, and fornification of which her father is guilty of with the singer. It's we humans who judge one sin worse than another. Granted, all have different consequences, but in God's eyes all sin is the same - rebellion against Him.

[gue1020]

Iook forward to more more

[mrspopp123]

Morals and morals !

[2hopskipjump2]

Brilliant! Thank you so much Marian!! ;)))))))))))))))♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥­♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥­

[mannixisle]

Thank you for the new uploads of this superb series!!