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Love Child

Produced by Playmaker Media

Creator: Sarah Lambert
Executive Producers:David Maher, David Taylor, Jo Rooney, Andy Ryan
Producers: Sue Seeary, Sarah Lambert, Tim Pye
Directors: Shawn Seet, Shirley Barrett, Geoff Bennett, Ian Barrye
Writers: Tim Pye, Liz Doran, Sarah Lambert

Aired: 2014-2017 (Nine)

A character drama set in 1969 in Kings Cross; the time and place Australia came of age and the new generation broke all the rules. It was the Summer of Love. Mick Jagger was in town, Australia was glued to the telecast of the moon landing and American sailors clashed on the street with anti-Vietnam war protestors. We follow Joan Millar, 28, a maverick midwife returning to Australia and five young pregnant women, whose choices for their babies and own lives exemplify the radical changes at the heart of the cultural and sexual revolution. Their lives intersect between a maternity hospital, a home for unwed mothers and the wild streets of Darlinghurst.