Call The Midwife

Owing to the snow, Lucille is two days late and her start is bumpy when she falls ill. Lucille is called out from her sick bed to assist Trixie with a breech birth. Nadine Mulvaney, a single mother and exotic dancer in Soho, plans to give the baby up for adoption. But, Trixie is concerned that Nadine's Rhesus Negative blood type might cause problems for baby.

Lucille faces racism and prejudice when a new mother falls ill. Sister Winifred is keen to have fathers be more involved in the care of their babies.

Nurse Crane and Trixie investigate when a mother abandons her children at the clinic, fearing they were being abused or neglected. Her husband admits that she has been behaving strangely lately, and when she is referred to a neurologist by Dr Turner, the truth proves devastating for the whole family. Christopher admits that Alexandra has been unhappy since his divorce, and Violet and Fred organise a beauty contest to raise money for charity. Valerie and Magda both sign up and quickly become close friends - leading to the sharing of a terrible secret.

Sister Julienne is drawn into the heart of a different culture when she is called upon to help a Pakistani family. Having come to terms with her own childlessness, Mumtaz Gani is heartbroken when her husband, Saddiq, brings home a second wife who is eight months pregnant. Sister Julienne must help Mumtaz to terms with this new addition to her family. Elsewhere, Trixie struggles to cope after her break up with Christopher and looks for comfort at the bottom of a bottle. But it's not long before she can no longer conceal her struggle with sobriety.

Rumours spread around Poplar that a sailor with smallpox is hiding somewhere in town. Nurse Crane and Dr Turner try to track him down before he causes an outbreak. Lucille treats an expectant mother on her own, but soon feels out of her depth when she displays signs of a serious medical condition. Trixie goes to stay with her godmother, Violet and Fred organise a picnic for the parish, and Tom and Barbara return home.

Barbara helps a pregnant mother-of-two whose husband has recently died, and is on hand to give her support when a further tragedy drives her and her children from their home. Lucille teaches a health and relationships class at the youth club, only to encounter a furious mother who objects to her daughter attending. Sister Monica Joan goes into hospital for cataract surgery.

Barbara's condition is not improving and she is kept in isolation at the hospital, leaving her friends able to do nothing but wait for more news. Dr Turner and Shelagh assist a man being held in a remand home whose wife is pregnant, while Lucille makes some new friends.

The team must rally to prepare for Sister Monica Joan's birthday. Meanwhile the closing of a nearby maternity home brings an influx of expectant mothers onto the team's books. Lucille meets Olive Mawson, whose father Stanley Hodgkiss has a secret he can no longer keep.

Cast and crew explore the novel ideas explored in seires 7 of Call the Midwife, including antenatal classes for men and Au Pairs.

Cast and crew explore a storyline involving Huntingdons disease and the 1960s trend for Beauty Pageants.

Hair and make-up designer Stella O'Farrell talks us through her mood boards for characters Valerie, Lucille, Barbara, Violet, Trixie and Shelagh.

Production Designer Sarah-Jane Prentice guides us through the new sets used in Series 7.

Cast and crew explore a storyline involving the East End Jewish community of 1960s East London. New character Lucille, played by Leonie Elliott, talks about portraying the history of the Windrush immigration.

Go behind the scenes of Call the Midwife Christmas Special 2017. Christmas 1963 saw Poplar under a thick blanket of snow, as midwives faced the coldest winter for 300 years.

Cast and crew on the series long storyline of Sister Monica Joan's battle with Cataracts and Trixies struggles with alcohol.

Cast and crew discuss the fear of Smallpox at the time and Tokophobia, the phoibia or fear of childbirth.

Cast and crew discus the state of sex education in the early 60s and bonds of community.

Costume Designer Ralph Wheeler-Holes explains the pivotal year, in terms of fashion, that was 1963 and how character's looks were refreshed.