1950s Liverpool: Christmas is the most harrowing time of year for the nurses of St Angelus Hospital.

A brilliant nurse secretly battling a fatal illness over Christmas . . . A starving baby boy abandoned in the freezing cold . . . A cruel, controlling mother, determined to block her daughter's nursing career at all costs . . .

In the run up to Christmas, nurses Pammy and Beth are aiming to win the coveted national decorating competition for the St Angelus children's ward, but drama after drama threatens to upset their plans.

Amid the hardship and poverty of 1950s Liverpool, only the humor and community spirit of nurses and patients will get the Angels through their toughest Christmas yet.