Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife is a drama series on BBC1. Expect miracles. A heartwarming tale of life in London's impoverished East End. Midwives welcome new lives and care for the community in the changing times of the 50s and 60s. The popular program has been available since 2024. A total of 10 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2025.
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Call the Midwife
The challenges of midwifery hit close to home when a mother-and-baby home is evacuated. Nancy’s wedding plans take a surprising turn, and Sister Catherine takes her first vows.
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The midwives help a family with a history of drug addiction. Dr Turner and Shelagh take the final steps in May’s adoption, whilst Joyce faces the disciplinary board.
Joyce faces a difficult situation when a mother suffers postnatal complications, a council strike leads to an outbreak of Weil’s disease, and Cyril’s life is turned upside down.
A solo delivery puts Sister Julienne’s skills to the utmost test. The Nonnatus team oversee the care of a man living inside an iron lung, and Cyril returns from Jamaica.
The sisters welcome a new postulant, Sister Catherine, to Nonnatus House, whilst a bold intervention boosts numbers for the measles vaccination clinic.
Rosalind requires all her skills as a midwife when a disabled baby is delivered at the maternity home, whilst a gas explosion in an old tenement building shocks the community.
Rising rates of gonorrhoea in the district cause alarm, and Trixie cares for an unmarried first-time mother recently diagnosed with a mental health condition.
Shelagh helps a family battle against appalling poverty, Rosalind comes face to face with an escaped convict, whilst romance is on the cards for Nancy.
The funfair comes to Poplar, adding a burst of colour to the festive season, but there are other less welcome visitors to the borough, including Hong Kong flu and escaped prisoners.