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Call the Midwife - Season 1

Series: Call the Midwife
4.8
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Episodes
6
Rating
TVPG
Year
2012
Language
English
Publisher
BBC Studios

About

Call the Midwife is based on the bestselling memoirs of Jennifer Worth. Set in the 1950s, this six part series is a moving and intimate insight into the colorful world of midwifery and family life in London's East End. We are introduced to the local community through the eyes of young nurse Jenny Lee as she lives and works as a midwife alongside the Nuns of the Order of St. Raymond of Nonnatus.

Related Subjects

  • Drama

Episodes

1. 01-Episode 1

50m

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In the spring of 1957 newly qualified midwife, Jenny Lee arrives in the East End of London to begin her career. After overcoming the initial shock that her new home, Nonnatus House, is a convent rather than a private hospital, she quickly becomes immersed

2. 02-Episode 2

50m

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As Jenny Lee settles into her role, there is a new arrival at Nonnatus House, Chummy (Miranda Hart). A welcome pair of extra hands Chummy sets about showing her worth, but an overwhelming keenness to please and her inability to ride a bike prove obstacles

3. 03-Episode 3

50m

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Jenny is placed on the district nursing roster for a few weeks, to extend her experience of community practice. During her rounds, she attends to Joe, a gentle old soldier, and a friendship forms. At the antenatal clinic Trixie and Cynthia enroll Winnie L

4. 04-Episode 4

50m

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A baby girl, recently delivered by Jenny, is snatched from her carriage, causing great anguish to her family and uniting the local community as they search for the missing child. Meanwhile Cynthia witnesses another type of loss as she assists in the case

5. 05-Episode 5

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Jenny finds herself for once not involved in the beginning of life, but at its end. When Frank, the brother of Peggy the cleaner at Nonnatus House, is diagnosed with cancer, Jenny and the nuns are called upon to provide him with care. In doing so, Jenny c

6. 06-Episode 6

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Sister Monica Joan is found wandering near the docks, and returned to Nonnatus House by the police. Her adventure takes its toll on her health and she succumbs to pneumonia. When she eventually recovers she sails forth back into the community only to find

Extended Details

  • SeriesCall the Midwife
  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Philippa LowthorpeDirector
Jamie PayneDirector
Heidi ThomasWriter
Hugh WarrenProducer
Pippa HarrisProducer
Jessica RaineActor
Jenny AgutterActor
Pam FerrisActor
Miranda HartActor
Judy ParfittActor