SarahPhelps’grippingdramatellsthestoryofWorldWarOne’sfrontlinemedics–theirhopes,fears,triumphsandtragedies.Thetentedfieldhospitalinwhichtheyworkisafrontier;betweenthebattlefieldandhomefront,butalsobetweentheoldrules,hierarchiesandanewwayofthinking.
OonaChaplin(TheHour,QuantumOfSolace),HermioneNorris(Spooks,ColdFeet),SuranneJones(ScottAndBailey,TheSecretOfCrickleyHall),KevinDoyle(DowntonAbbey,ScottAndBailey),KerryFox(ShallowGrave,AnAngelAtMyTable)andMarianneOldham(WPC56)starasthededicatedteamofdoctors,nursesandwomenvolunteersworkingtogethertohelpthesickandinjured.
Togethertheyembodyanattitudeofendurance,supremecourageandhope.Aboveanyenmitiesorrivalries,theywillallcometoshareacommonbondastheyexperiencethehorror,thedanger,theadrenalin,thejoysand,mostofall,thedeath-defyingintoxicationofsimplybeingaliveinthefaceofmortaldanger.
