Little Disasters

When Jess brings her infant to the hospital with a mysterious head injury, the emergency department becomes the setting for a tense moral standoff. Liz, an A&E doctor and one of Jess's closest friends, makes the agonizing call to social services. That single decision sets off a chain reaction that strains friendships, pulls in family and colleagues, and forces the characters to face difficult questions about trust, responsibility and how quickly suspicion can take hold. The show follows the fallout across the circle of women around Jess, showing how one clinical judgment ripples into private lives without revealing the story's twists or resolution.

Released in 2025, the series was created by Ruth Fowler and Sarah Vaughan. It stars Diane Kruger as Jess, Jo Joyner as Liz, Shelley Conn as Charlotte, Emily Taaffe as Mel and Jax James as Frankie, and it was produced for television audiences in the UK.

As of release, there are no major award wins or nominations publicly listed for the series. It has attracted attention in reviews and industry conversations, but it has not yet amassed significant prize recognition.

The series quickly sparked discussion about child protection, medical ethics and how social services intersect with healthcare. Viewers and commentators debated the portrayal of hospital decision making and how class, race and motherhood were represented, generating thinkpieces and social media threads that kept the show in public conversation beyond its initial episodes.

Critics have given mixed to generally positive responses, reflected in modest user ratings. Reviewers often singled out the performances, especially Kruger and Joyner, and the writing for making morally ambiguous scenes feel immediate. The show leans into themes of accountability, institutional power and the fragility of friendship when pressure is high, and it asks viewers to weigh competing accounts and the limits of certainty without offering easy answers.