CALL THE MIDWIFE

20127.5 RATING15 SEASONS117 EPISODESDRAMA

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.

PRINCIPAL CAST

VANESSA REDGRAVEJennifer Worth (voice)

HELEN GEORGETrixie Franklin

JENNY AGUTTERSister Julienne

JUDY PARFITTSister Monica Joan

CLIFF PARISIFred Burkle

STEPHEN MCGANNPatrick Turner

SERIES GUIDE

SEASONS & EPISODES

SEASON

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S01 E01

2012-01-15 / 50 MIN

EPISODE 1

Jenny 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!

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S01 E02

2012-01-22 / 46 MIN

EPISODE 2

A 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.

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S01 E03

2012-01-29 / 52 MIN

EPISODE 3

Jenny 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.

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S01 E04

2012-02-05 / 50 MIN

EPISODE 4

A 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.

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S01 E05

2012-02-12 / 49 MIN

EPISODE 5

When 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.

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S01 E06

2012-02-19 / 51 MIN

EPISODE 6

When 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.

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