This touching drama series charts the fortunes of three young women who, having returned from their voluntary service as ambulance drivers during the First World War, decide to set up a 'universal aunts' agency to help those less fortunate than themselves. This set comprises the complete series alongside the pilot episode, scripted by Upstairs, Downstairs' Alfred Shaughnessy and screened in 1985 as a drama in ITV's Storyboard anthology. Penned by a largely female team that includes novelist Fay Weldon, Ladies in Charge stars Carol Royle, Julia Hills and Julia Swift as the ladies of benevolent intent; guests include Imelda Staunton, Julian Glover, Michael Gough, Richard Vernon and, in one of his earliest television roles, Hugh Grant.
The hardships faced by a woman trying to survive a bloody civil war while caring for the abandoned child of the deposed former ruler.
Julia Swift was born in July 1956 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Fainthearted Feminist (1984), Dick Turpin (1979) and The Sailor's Return (1978). She has been married to David Bamber since July 1982. They have two children.
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