BreathlessfollowsthelivesofagroupofdoctorsandnursesworkinginaLondonhospital,aworldinwhicheverythingandeveryonehastheirplace.Butunderneaththeshinyveneersimmersacauldronoflies,deceptionandguiltysecrets,drivenbylove,ambitionandsex.Theseriesopensin1961,atimewhenBritainwasonthebrinkoftheSixtiesrevolution–abortionisillegalandthecontraceptivepillisonlyjustbecomingavailabletomarriedwomen.SetinandaroundabusyGynaecologyunit,medicinebecomestheperfectstagetoplayouttheshiftingandcomplexmoralcodesofearly1960ssociety.