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.

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Christmas Special 2013. An unexploded bomb is discovered in Poplar, throwing festivities into chaos.

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Episode 1. Sister Monica Joan holds the key to the diagnosis of a mystery illness.

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Episode 2. A newly-promoted Jenny finds herself facing her most challenging case to date.

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Episode 3. Sister Julienne works at Holloway Prison, and Shelagh receives a devastating diagnosis.

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Episode 4. Jenny's life is turned upside down when Alec has a terrible accident.

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Episode 5. Chummy and Cynthia meet a young woman with Down's syndrome who is found to be pregnant.

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Episode 6. Patsy is removed from midwifery duties due to her brusque manner.

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Episode 7. Chummy throws herself into preparations for a visit from her mother.

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Episode 8. Shelagh and Dr Turner await news from the Adoption Society.

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