The District Nurse - Episode Guide

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1984

Headstrong Megan Roberts, newly arrived district nurse in a South Wales town, is ready to fight the hypocrisy of a tightknit community set in its ways and suspicious of change.

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1984

The district nurse is convinced that whatever is causing the epidemic is being carried in the town's water supply. But how can she prove it in time?

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1984

Megan finds her nursing skills needed in an unexpected way on the farm, and is summoned to face an angry charity committee.

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1984

The community distrusts the district nurse, preferring superstition to science. The situation can only get worse when Megan discovers the children have head lice.

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1984

Megan is physically attacked in the street by the mothers of the children with nits, and she has her first major nursing emergency.

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1984

The district nurse, in a remote part of the country, with no qualified medical assistance, has to cope with a very complicated pregnancy, alone.

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1984

Megan's convinced that two of her patients are lying about the cause of their injuries. When she tries to get at the truth, she comes up against a wall of silence.

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1984

Megan knows why Nora is dead but proving what she knows is impossible. She confronts the cobbler with some unpleasant home truths.

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Mar 6, 1984

In an effort to answer many pressing questions of the present, Megan decides to undertake a difficult journey into her past.

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1984

By moving into Gwen and David's cottage Megan has caused the tongues to start wagging again. Maybe her participation in a community event will help restore her flagging reputation

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1984

The mine manager threatens Gwen with eviction if the district nurse doesn't move out.

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Mar 27, 1984

The charabanc, full of children, has crashed on the mountains, forcing the people of the town to look at themselves in a new light.

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 16, 1984

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 23, 1984

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1984

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1984

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Nov 13, 1984

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1984

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 27, 1984

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Dec 4, 1984

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Dec 11, 1984

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Dec 18, 1984

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 19, 1984

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1984

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1987

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1987

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1987

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1987

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1987

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1987

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Apr 5, 1987

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Apr 26, 1987

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: May 3, 1987

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: May 10, 1987

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: May 17, 1987

A lecture on contraception is planned at Glanmor, causing turmoil in the local Catholic families. At the meeting a fight breaks out - pros on one side and antis on the other.

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: May 24, 1987

Dr James Isaacs is suspended by the Medical Council on suspicion of having administered a lethal overdose of morphine to a terminally ill patient.