Call the Midwife

201214 seriesEntertainment / Drama
Available on
BBC One

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.

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Part 1. The funfair comes to town, and fears grow when two escaped prisoners head for Poplar.

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The team support a pregnant teenage girl whose family believe in an immaculate conception.

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Trixie cares for a first-time mother recently diagnosed with a mental health condition.

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Part 2. As concerns grow for missing Reggie, the Nonnatus House team unite to try and find him.

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A disabled baby is delivered at the maternity home, and a gas explosion shocks all.

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The sisters welcome a new postulant, Sister Catherine, to Nonnatus House.

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Episode 5. The Nonnatus House team oversee the care of a man living inside an iron lung.

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Joyce faces a difficult situation when a mother suffers postnatal complications.

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The midwives help a family with a history of drug addiction. Joyce fears for her job.

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Nancy’s wedding plans take a surprising turn. Sister Catherine takes her first vows.

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