Mark your diaries for next week because The Rotunda is back!

Award-winning series The Rotunda returns to RTE2 on September 12 with eight episodes charting the highs and lows of pregnancy and childbirth in the world’s longest-running maternity hospital. The latest series will follow 32 stories of expectant parents who are hoping to welcome new arrivals into their lives. From extreme highs to devastating lows,The Rotunda gives a unique insight into the busiest maternity hospital in Europe. In episode one, Jade and Keith are preparing to meet their third baby while for first-time parents, Jing and Christy, the road to parenthood has taken them almost ten years. In the Pre-Natal ward, Sam and Liam anxiously count down to the arrival of twins whose lives are in serious danger. due to having their umbilical cords entwined while Nigerian woman Ugochinyere prepares for the arrival of triplets despite not knowing if her husband and daughter will ever be able to join her in Ireland. The Rotunda was a huge success last year with audiences glued to their screens every week to watch the hospital where almost one million babies have been born in. Series two of The Rotunda will begin next Thursday, September 12.