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Call the Midwife - Season 1

Series: Call the Midwife

4.8

(1496)

Episodes

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. Episode 1

50m

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. Episode 2

50m

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. Episode 3

50m

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