Tv Drama Love Child Essay

The TV Drama Love Child produced for channel 9 in 2014 set in King’s Cross in the late 1960s and early 1970s follows the lives of the staff and residents at King’s Cross hospital and Stanton House. At a time where unwed mothers were frowned upon, freedom was golden, woman had little rights and society controlled everybody’s beliefs. It was the beginning of a social revolution. A great representation of the time is reflected in the Matron as well. A combination of narrative and visual conventions subvert the rigid attitudes widely held by society at the time and to reinforce the value of freedom and women’s rights held by the younger generation in the 1960’s.
The value of freedom is largely supported in this TV drama by a range of visual and narrative conventions. This is evident in Vivian’s characterisation, she’s not afraid to break the rules in the name of freedom. Soon after arriving at
A range of techniques convey this battle and the significance of it. Joan a sister nurse is proven to be a catalyst for improving women’s right in this show. While, examining Vivian, she’s rudely interrupted by doctor McNorton who assists he needs to do a naked examination on Vivian with her responding with” I don’t think it’s approaite for a young girl to be used in one of your teaching exercises “Then again she takes a stand after seeing Annie losing her daughter due to harsh adoption processes, insisting to doctor McNorton that “the adoption process these girls go through is brutal”. Her words are then put into action when she takes the initiative to help Annie take her baby back. She figures out her rights and in the end, Annie ends up with her precious baby despite her being in danger of losing her job. Not only this but throughout the show she is always willing to help the girls at Stanton house who are denied by less compassionate others. Its characters like Joan that emphasize the value of women’s