ITV’s newest drama, Maternal, explores what life has been like for three female doctors in the aftermath of the pandemic. According to producers, the new six-part series, which has been written by Jacqui Honess-Martin will see the women “heroically balance the intense demands of the NHS and motherhood”.
A teaser for the show has revealed that it will look at "working motherhood with wit, warmth and humour and offers a unique perspective on our beloved, overstretched NHS, and the people who hold it together. Sometimes."
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Who is in the cast of Maternal?
Parminder Nagra (DI Ray, Blacklist), Lara Pulver (The Split, The Alienist) and Lisa McGrillis (King Gary, Mum) lead the cast of the new series. They play doctors Maryam, Catherine and Helen respectively.
Elsewhere in the cast is Raza Jeffry, Oliver Chris, Abhin Galeya and Julie Graham.
What is the plot?
An ITV statement about Maternal reveals: "The six-part drama explores working motherhood with wit, warmth and humour and offers a unique perspective on our beloved, overstretched NHS, and the people who hold it together. Sometimes.
"Jacqui’s scripts introduce us to Paediatric Registrar, Dr Maryam Afridi (Parminder Nagra) who is full of doubt that she can cope with the emotional demands of treating children now that she has her own; Ms Catherine MacDiarmid, (Lara Pulver) a single mother and successful surgeon determined to be one of the boys in the macho world of surgery; and Dr Helen Cavendish (Lisa McGrillis) a Registrar in Acute Medicine, who is wrestling with a self-prescribed role that sees her mothering everyone in her life."
Where is Maternal filmed?
While it is set in Manchester, Maternal was filmed in Liverpool. Many scenes were recorded at Edge Hill Health Centre on Edge Lane. Other parts of the programme were filmed in an office block at Liverpool Innovation Park, which was transformed into a "hospital".
How can you watch Maternal?
Maternal begins on Monday, January 16 at 9pm on ITV1.
After the first episode airs, the six-part drama will be available as a complete boxset on ITV's free streaming service ITVX.
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