Call the Midwife

2012•14 series•Entertainment / Drama

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Adapted by Heidi Thomas from the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth, this drama series is a moving look at midwifery and family life in the late 1950s and early 1960s in East End London. Initially the series follows newly qualified midwife Jenny Lee, who is surprised to find herself at a convent alongside nuns who are working as midwives and nurses in the local community. As the series progresses, the nurses navigate revolutionary changes in healthcare as well as social changes in post-war Britain.

Episode 1Episode 1

The new midwifery training scheme begins, and the team care for a mum with cerebral palsy.

Episode 2Episode 2

Shelagh oversees the care of an expectant mother whose flat is riddled with damp.

Episode 3Episode 3

Violet’s bid to be mayor is thrown into turmoil by unforeseen circumstances.

Episode 4Episode 4

Trixie makes a serious mistake at work, and a Biafran family cause concern for the team.

Episode 5Episode 5

A fun day at the seaside proves traumatic for the Turners.

Episode 6Episode 6

Cyril oversees the care of two abandoned boys as Trixie’s world is turned upside down.

Episode 7Episode 7

Joyce receives an unexpected visitor, and a teenage mother reveals a disturbing truth.

Episode 8Episode 8

Miss Higgins receives an unexpected visitor, and Poplar votes for Mother of the Year.

Episode 26Christmas Special 2023

As Poplar prepares for Christmas, Sister Monica Joan fears this could be her last. Dr Turner and the midwives deal with a complicated multiple births. Mature themes. (2023)(60 mins)

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