It's September 1970 and the local dustbin strike leads to a refuse site established outside Nonnatus House. With Rosalind unwell, Joyce takes over her rounds, including a visit to a rude patient who resents being examined by her.

Fortune’s wheel turns as Cromwell finally finds himself in Henry’s crosshairs.

The Nonnatus team oversee the care of a man living inside an iron lung.

Cromwell brings Anne of Cleves to England to be Henry’s new wife.

The sisters welcome a new postulant, Sister Catherine, to Nonnatus House.

The birth of a prince comes at a terrible price and Cromwell must help the King remarry.

Rosalind delivers a baby with a suspicious spinal lesion. A sudden gas explosion shocks all.

Rebels in the North demand Cromwell’s head and a return to the old Catholic ways. With King Henry VIII beginning to contemplate his chief adviser’s failings, Cromwell withdraws from court and receives unexpected news from across the sea.

Trixie cares for a single mother recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital.

A secret marriage brings scandal to court, giving Cromwell the opportunity to bring his adversary Norfolk down for good.