Series
Call the Midwife
“In 1950's London, they delivered hope for all.”
Drama
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 6 epS2 · 8 epS3 · 8 epS4 · 8 epS5 · 8 epS6 · 8 epS7 · 8 epS8 · 8 epS9 · 8 epS10 · 7 epS11 · 8 epS12 · 8 epS13 · 8 epS14 · 8 epS15 · 8 ep
In season one 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 in the deprived Poplar district of London's desperately poor East End in the 1950s.
1Episode 115 Jan 2012 · 50m · ★ 7.3Jenny Lee start her midwife career at Nonnatus House in London. She is surprised to find that it is a nursing convent and not a hospital. Her first case is a woman pregnant for the 25th time!
2Episode 222 Jan 2012 · 46m · ★ 7.9A new girl arrives Nonnatus House and finds it hard to earn the respect of Sister Evangelina. Jenny sees an unfamiliar darker side of life following an encounter with a runaway.
3Episode 329 Jan 2012 · 52m · ★ 8.1Jenny does some district nursing to extend her community practice experience and befriends an old soldier with awful leg ulcers. Trixie and Cynthia enrol Winnie Lawson as a new patient.
4Episode 45 Feb 2012 · 50m · ★ 7.9A baby girl is snatched from her pram and the local community unites for the search. Cynthia sees another sort of loss as she tends to soon-to-be parents David and Margaret.
5Episode 512 Feb 2012 · 49m · ★ 7.6When Peggy’s brother is diagnosed with cancer, Jenny and the nuns are called upon to care for him. Jenny gets to know the siblings better. The Nonnatus House residents get involved in Fred’s latest money-making scheme which involves a pig called Evie.
6Episode 619 Feb 2012 · 51m · ★ 8.3When Chummy's imperious mother visits and disapproves of Peter Noakes, Chummy defies her mother and has her wedding on her own terms. Senile Sister Monica Joan is arrested for shoplifting.
Details
- Created by
- Heidi Thomas
- First aired
- 15 Jan 2012
- Last aired
- 8 Mar 2026
- Status
- Returning Series
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 117
- Votes
- 267 on TMDB
Cast
Vanessa RedgraveJennifer Worth (voice)
Jenny AgutterSister Julienne
Judy ParfittSister Monica Joan
Molly VeversSister Catherine
Rebecca GethingsSister Veronica
Natalie QuarryNurse Rosalind Clifford
Linda BassettNurse Phyllis Crane
Renee BaileyNurse Joyce Highland
Stephen McGannDr Patrick Turner
Laura MainNurse Shelagh Turner
Georgie GlenMiss Millicent Higgins
Cliff ParisiFred Buckle
Zephryn TaitteCyril Robinson
