Call The Midwife

2021
4.8
1.22K reviews
TV-14
Rating
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Season 8 episodes (10)

1 Christmas Special 2018, Pt. 1
25/12/18
Trixie returns to Poplar refreshed and is shocked to discover that many mothers no longer want to give birth at home.
2 Christmas Special 2018, Pt. 2
25/12/18
As Poplar prepares for Christmas, the nuns leave for the Mother House to vote in a new mother superior and to help care for a group of Chinese orphans.
3 Episode 1
13/1/19
Nonnatus House welcomes two new nuns. Valerie deals with a shocking case that arrives unexpectedly, and the other midwives must handle a complicated multiple birth.
4 Episode 2
24/1/19
Lucille is deeply concerned by her elderly patient, Clarice Milgrove's, living conditions. She is a hoarder living alone among towering piles of rubbish, books and tins of food with a malodorous leg ulcer. Sister Hilda faces a steep learning curve when a newly arrived Ghanaian family are found to be afflicted with a mystery illness. Elsewhere, Violet Buckle determines to serve her community by running for local councillor. But Fred is not so pleased, convinced that his CDC work will be more beneficial to the area than any life in politics.
5 Episode 3
27/1/19
Valerie has to dig deep to help a mother of five come to terms with her son's birth defect. The Turner's oversee a measles vaccination trial at the clinic, but an overly anxious first-time mother causes them great concern. It soon becomes apparent that she is harbouring a great loss, which is set to derail her. Nurse Crane is determined to make the most of the Whitsun holiday and decides to give the cubs and local residents a most memorable bank holiday by bringing the seaside to Poplar. Violet is overjoyed when she wins the council seat for Poplar North.
6 Episode 4
3/2/19
Sister Julienne is drawn into a family rift between an estranged mother and daughter who are both pregnant. Trixie's Keep Fit class is chosen to host a fitness Jamboree, but her star pupil is devastated to discover she is pregnant. Meanwhile Nurse Crane realises she has an admirer, and Sister Frances' shyness starts to concern Sister Julienne.
7 Episode 5
10/2/19
Trixie cares for a young woman who is diagnosed with an intersex condition, whilst a husband suffers with inexplicable pains similar to his wife's pregnancy symptoms.
8 Episode 6
17/2/19
Mother Mildred returns and helps a docker family tackle end-stage pneumoconiosis. Lucille cares for an unmarried teenage mother who wants to keep her baby.
9 Episode 7
24/2/19
Trixie cares for heavily pregnant Heather Pugh, who confides in Trixie that her waterworks are causing her pain. Routine tests reveal an unfortunate truth: Heather has gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection that could cause serious health concerns to her unborn child. Mother Mildred decides that inexperienced Sister Frances must attend her first solo birth before Nurse Crane returns, and Lucille gets ready for her second date with Cyril.
10 Episode 8
3/3/19
Sister Hilda digs deep to give her terminally-ill patient her final wish whilst the Turners must prepare to say goodbye to May. Fred and Reggie are keeping secrets from each other.

About this show

A moving, intimate, funny and, above all, true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London from the Fifties, based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty or indeed, life itself. Attached to an order of nursing nuns at Nonnatus House, Jenny is part of a team of midwives who visit expectant mothers, providing the poorest women with the best possible care.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
1.22K reviews
Jason Rotolo
15 April 2014
Well written, sometimes humorous, but always touching and relatable, Call The Midwife is one of the best shows on TV. The cast works well together, and the acting is tasteful and believable. One can't help but feel compassion for the struggles of the poor families of Poplar who are in desperate need of quality medical care. The expectant mothers of the show really drive the story lines, and, as a group, are like an uncredited cast member. There is also a little sex appeal for the male viewers (Jenny Lee and Trixie Franklin). I wish the first two seasons were available.
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Magen
19 March 2016
It's not just about the characters and their growth as people in a rapidly changing world. It's also a commentary on the social changes and challenges facing them and their East End area. If you like history, a dash of romance, music, the mystery of what nuns actually do and the idea of babies then you will enjoy this show.
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A Google user
15 August 2016
Between Call the Midwife never missed a a season, and watching Downton Abbey my Sunday nights where in the best place. How I found out about this series I actually read her books every one of them and when I found out they were on PBS I had to watch them and was hooked. Thanks Masterpiece Theater for making 2 of the most wonderful and intriguing Shadows I've ever seen. :) :) :)
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