The District Nurse

The District Nurse is a British television series, produced by BBC Wales and shown on BBC One between 1984 and 1987.

The series was a period drama created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland (who both went on to create EastEnders) and starred Nerys Hughes as Megan Roberts, the titular district nurse fighting to improve living conditions for the people living in a poverty stricken mining town, Pencwm, in South Wales during the late 1920s.

In the third series, shown in 1987 and set in the early 1930s, Megan had moved on to the seaside town of Glanmor where she worked with a father/son pair of doctors - Emlyn Isaacs (Freddie Jones) and James Isaacs (Nicholas Jones).

International sales

The District Nurse was shown by TV2 in New Zealand.

Major cast

• Megan Roberts - (Nerys Hughes)
• David Price - (John Ogwen) (Series 1&2 only)
• Nesta Mogg - (Deborah Manship) (Series 1&2 only)
• Gwen Harris - (Margaret John) (Series 1&2 only)
• Evalina Williams - (Beth Morris) (Series 1&2 only)
• Dr. Emlyn Isaacs - (Freddie Jones) (Series 3 only)
• Dr. James Isaacs - (Nicholas Jones) (Series 3 only)
• Ruth Jones - (Janet Aethwy) (Series 3 only)

DVD release

The first series of The District Nurse is available on DVD (Region 2, UK) from DD Home Entertainment. The second series has yet to be scheduled.

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