Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife is a drama series adapted for television by Heidi Thomas from Jennifer Worth's best selling memoir of the same name. The series is a colourful look at the world of midwifery and family life in 1950s East End London. Jenny joins an eccentric community of nursing nuns having just qualified.
As 1962 comes to an end, Poplar faces unprecedented and relentless wintry conditions, which pose a challenge to the occupants of Nonnatus House and the community at large.
As the Big Freeze of 1963 continues, Nonnatus House welcomes their newest midwife, while contending with the effects of the weather.
As Lucille settles into her duties, she faces prejudice from a patient's mother, while Sister Winifred opens her mothercraft classes up to fathers, and the Turners meet their new au pair.
A patient of Phyllis' receives a devastating diagnosis, Fred and Violet organise a beauty pageant, Magda discloses a secret, and Trixie makes a tough decision.
Trixie battles her demons and Sister Monica Joan faces losing her eyesight, while Sister Julienne assists a childless Pakistani woman after her husband is pressured to marry a second wife.
The fear of a potential smallpox outbreak grips Poplar, Lucille helps a woman with a phobia of childbirth, and the Buckles organize a charity picnic.
A recently widowed expectant mother faces hardship, Valerie and Lucille's teenage health class is met with opposition, and Sister Monica Joan prepares for her cataract surgery.
The Turners attempt to improve the life of a young man from a remand home, Lucille finds unexpected friendship, while Nonnatus House is filled with worry for Barbara.
A nearby maternity home closes, bringing new patients to Nonnatus, while Tom deals with his grief and Sister Monica Joan is given a surprise.
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Vanessa Redgrave | Mature Jennifer Worth |
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Jenny Agutter | Sister Julienne |
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Judy Parfitt | Sister Monica Joan |
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Linda Bassett | Nurse Phyllis Crane |
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Victoria Yeates | Sister Winifred |
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Cliff Parisi | Fred Buckle |
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Laura Main | Shelagh Turner |
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Stephen McGann | Dr. Patrick Turner |
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Jennifer Kirby | Nurse Valerie Dyer |
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Annabelle Apsion | Violet Buckle |
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Leonie Elliott | Nurse Lucille Anderson |
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Helen George | Nurse Trixie Franklin |
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Max Macmillan | Timothy Turner |
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Alice Brown | Angela Turner |
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Jack Hawkins | Christopher Dockerill |
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Jack Ashton | Tom Hereward |
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Trevor Cooper | Sergeant Woolf |
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Charlotte Ritchie | Nurse Barbara Hereward |
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Daniel Laurie | Reggie Jackson |
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Tipper Seifert-Cleveland | Alexandra Dockerill |
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Ty Hurley | Milkman |
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Nicky Goldie | Auntie Florrie |
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Nina Yndis | Magda |
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David Bamber | Stanley Hodgkiss |
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David Calder | Donald |
| Director | Sydney Macartney |
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| Claire Winyard |
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| Rebecca Johnson |
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| Emma Sullivan |
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| Writer | Heidi Thomas, Jennifer Worth, Louise Ironside, Kelly Jones, Lauren Klee, Helen Blakeman, Andrea Gibb | |
| Producer | Heidi Thomas, Ann Tricklebank, Pippa Harris, Christopher Aird, Elizabeth Kilgarriff, Helen Blakeman, Andrea Gibb, Mona Qureshi | |
| Musician | Maurizio Malagnini | |
| Photography | Stuart Biddlecombe, Toby Moore, Gareth Hughes | |
| Packaging | Custom Case |
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| Nr Discs | 3 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Stereo [English] |
| Subtitles | English (SDH) |
| Distributor | BBC Home Video |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | May 22, 2018 |
| Regions | Region 1 |