Maternal (2023)

Name: Maternal
Genre: Drama
Released: 2023-01-20T14:21:57+01:00
Rating: 3.42
Cast: Lara Pulver, Oliver Chris, Lisa McGrillis

Drama | 1 season

1 season

3,42 6 votes

State: Canceled

Genre: Drama

Origin: United Kingdom

Developed by: Jacqui Honess-Martin

Stars: Parminder Nagra, Lara Pulver and Lisa McGrillis

IMDb score: 7,7 (995)

Releasedate: Monday 16 January 2023

This TV Show is not available on US streaming services.

Maternal plot

We follow three women who work in a hospital: Maryam, a pediatric administrative assistant, Catherine, a both trauma and general surgeon, and Helen, an acute medicine administrative assistant. Each of them tries to balance their increasingly demanding jobs in post-pandemic primary care with their lives as new mothers.

Seasons

3,42 (6)
Maternal - Season 1 (2023)

Full Cast & Crew

Actors and actresses

Parminder Nagra

Magda Kovarik

Videos and trailers

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Maternal - Trailer - ITV

Opinions about Maternal

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Suitehome

856 comments
554 votes

Monday 24 July 2023

Maternal season 1

The six-part Maternal is a hospital drama that revolves around motherhood in relation to finding work-life balance. In a perfect mix of drama and a bit of humor as the Brits in particular can do, Maternal is very similar to ER and This is Going to Hurt. The medical team at the heart of Maternal is played by Parminder Nagra (DI Ray, and 129 episodes in ER), Lara Pulver (The Split), and Lisa McGrillis (No Offense). Maternal was created by debuting screenwriter Jacqui Honess-Martin, a name to remember.

After hundreds of hospital dramas, there is little new to add to the genre. Maternal does not do that. But Maternal is an excellent and above all fresh drama series with skilled actors in a wonderfully contemporary scenario. The men in the series do not get off well, but fortunately in a way that betrays some complexity in the characters. You can safely call Maternal feminist; an ode to women - side by side - in healthcare.

The series seems to have quickly disappeared from the radar, also in the Netherlands. Unjustly. Sadly, there won't be a second season, ITV has confirmed. And with that Maternal is treated stepmotherly. Go see this while you still can.