| Call The Midwife: Season 1 | |||||
| Neal Street Productions (2012) | |||||
| TV Series / Drama, History | |||||
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| Vanessa Redgrave | Mature Jenny | |
| Jenny Agutter | Sister Julienne | |
| Pam Ferris | Sister Evangelina | |
| Judy Parfitt | Sister Monica Joan | |
| Ben Caplan | PC Peter Noakes | |
| Cliff Parisi | Fred | |
| Jessica Raine | Jenny Lee | |
| Helen George | Trixie Franklin | |
| Bryony Hannah | Cynthia Miller | |
| Laura Main | Sister Bernadette | |
| Stephen McGann | Dr. Turner | |
| Miranda Hart | Chummy Browne | |
| George Rainsford | Jimmy | |
| Tim Faraday | Len Warren | |
| Lorraine Stanley | Pearl Winston | |
| Elizabeth Rider | Peggy | |
| David Annen | Registrar | |
| Benjamin Wilkin | Eddy | |
| Anton Saunders | Milkman | |
| Amy McAllister | Mary |
| Director |
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| Producer |
Heidi Thomas
Tara B. Cook Pippa Harris Patrick Schweitzer |
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| Writer |
Heidi Thomas
Jennifer Worth Jack Williams Esther Wilson |
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| Cinematography |
Chris Seager
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| Musician |
Peter Salem
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Call the Midwife is a drama series adapted for television by Heidi Thomas from Jennifer Worth's best selling memoir, book of the same name. The series is a colourful look at the world of midwifery and family life in 1950's East End London. Jenny joins an eccentric community of nursing nuns having just qualified. |
| Seen it: Yes 52 mins 1/15/2012 1. Episode #1.1 | |
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Nurse Jenny Lee arrives at Nonnatus House in London's East End to begin her work as a midwife. Naive and unused to the harsh conditions of the borough, she must rise above her misgivings if she is to succeed in her new role.
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| Seen it: Yes 55 mins 1/22/2012 2. The Browne Incident | |
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A new midwife, Chummy Browne, arrives at Nonnatus House, and finds it difficult to prove herself. Meanwhile, Jenny befriends a young Irish prostitute who is expecting a baby, and is shocked by the Church's treatment of the girl.
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| Seen it: Yes 55 mins 1/29/2012 3. Episode #1.3 | |
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Jenny befriends an old soldier named Joe, and is disturbed by his living conditions. She is also visited by a man from her past, while Trixie and Cynthia have a sensitive case to deal with, and Chummy is asked on a date.
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| Seen it: Yes 52 mins 2/5/2012 4. Baby Snatcher | |
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A new baby is snatched from her pram, sparking an area wide search. Jenny is more familiar with the kidnapper than she realizes, Cynthia blames herself when a patient becomes gravely ill, and Chummy's romance continues.
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| Seen it: Yes 55 mins 2/12/2012 5. Episode #1.5 | |
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A figure from Jenny's past makes contact, while Jimmy continues to pursue her. Chummy prepares for an important meeting, and everyone at Nonnatus House rallies round the building's cleaner, Peggy, whose brother is very ill.
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| Seen it: Yes 55 mins 2/19/2012 6. Episode #1.6 | |
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Jenny speaks to her ex-lover again, while Sister Monica Joan lands herself in trouble with the police. Chummy receives a visit from her snobbish, imperious mother which forces her to reconsider her relationship with Peter.
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