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Series
Call the Midwife volume 7
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"True-to-life look at the exhilarating stories of a midwife in poverty-stricken East London in the 1950s"--Container.
Series
Call the midwife volume 8
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s.
A drama about the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London. It is now 1964 and times are changing, from the introduction of the contraceptive pill, to cancer-screening programs, and the construction of new high-rise buildings. The nuns and nurses continue to face challenging...
Series
Call the midwife volume Season 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Call the midwife is a moving, intimate, funny, and above all, true-to-life look at the exhilarating stories of a midwife in povery-stricken East London in the 1950s, based on Jennifer Worth's best-selling memoirs.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the '50s. Based on the bestselling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty, and life itself. But Jenny is brought up to speed fast once she joins a team of midwives who provide care to the poorest women.
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.