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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 Buckle | |
Miranda Hart | Chummy Noakes | |
Helen George | Trixie Franklin | |
Bryony Hannah | Cynthia Miller | |
Stephen McGann | Dr. Patrick Turner | |
Laura Main | Shelagh Turner | |
Jessica Raine | Jenny Lee | |
Victoria Yeates | Sister Winifred | |
Max Macmillan | Timothy Turner | |
Jack Ashton | Tom Hereward | |
Leo Staar | Alec Jesmond | |
Emerald Fennell | Patsy Mount | |
Cheryl Campbell | Lady Browne | |
Seline Hizli | Doris Aston | |
Sherry Baines | Mrs. Litchcroft |
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Producer |
Heidi Thomas
Pippa Harris Jules Hussey Hugh Warren |
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Writer |
Heidi Thomas
Jennifer Worth Harriet Warner Liz Lake |
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Cinematography |
Mark Waters
Ulf Brantås Nick DANCE Simon Archer |
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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 78 mins 12/29/2013 1. Christmas Special | |
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Nonnatus House and the surrounding area is evacuated when an unexploded bomb is found nearby. Meanwhile, Shelagh has doubts about her wedding to Patrick, and Jenny and Trixie help a man who is suffering from shell shock.
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Seen it: Yes 58 mins 3/30/2014 2. Episode #3.1 | |
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Now dating surveyor Alec, Jenny joins the other midwives in their superior new base, along with latest recruit, Sister Winifred. Jenny is concerned for Merle and Billy, a young couple whose infant boys are permanently ill, causing them to doubt their parenting skills, whilst added is stress provided by the fact that Billy's brother died as a toddler. Surprisingly, Sister Monica Joan accidentally provides Dr. Turner with the solution to the children's complaints, thus saving them. Chummy, meanwhile, drums up support for the newly opened, but under-used ante-natal clinic, taking advantage of a royal visit to put it in the spotlight. The day is a success, and to add to it, Chummy helps an older woman with a difficult birth, resulting in Sister Julienne asking her to return to work.
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Seen it: Yes 59 mins 4/6/2014 3. Episode #3.2 | |
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Jenny is promoted to Acting Sister at the clinic, much to the chagrin of the more experienced Trixie. Meanwhile, Cynthia is taken in by the theories of a visiting doctor, and a troubled, desperate woman seeks help.
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Seen it: Yes 59 mins 4/13/2014 4. Episode #3.3 | |
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Sister Julienne and Trixie attend to the female inmates at Holloway Prison, where they meet a troubled young woman. Meanwhile, Jenny deals with a vain patient, Shelagh receives horrendous news, and the girls celebrate Chummy's birthday.
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Seen it: Yes 59 mins 4/20/2014 5. Episode #3.4 | |
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Sister Winifred treats a young Jewish woman whose mother is plagued by remembrances of the Holocaust. Meanwhile, Shelagh tries to find a new way to channel her energy, and Alec suffers a terrible accident.
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Seen it: Yes 59 mins 4/27/2014 6. Episode #3.5 | |
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As Jenny takes compassionate leave after Alec's death and Sister Julienne collapses with exhaustion Shelagh returns to help out and efficient nurse Patsy Mount arrives. They start to plan for a party to mark the jubilee of Sister Evangelina taking holy orders but are interrupted by irate Mrs Harper, whose daughter Sally, a young woman with Downs Syndrome, is pregnant. The father, cerebral palsy sufferer Jacob, lives in the same residential home and they declare that they are in love and aim to marry but the baby is stillborn and Jacob is sent to another home. News of Evangelina's celebration attracts her brother Vincent, now an alcoholic tramp, and she steals food for him and sees him admitted to hospital, but her party goes ahead - despite her protests - and the community shows their appreciation of her work over the years.
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Seen it: Yes 59 mins 5/4/2014 7. Episode #3.6 | |
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Patsy's brusque manner sees her taken off midwifery duties and reassigned to district nursing, where a patient reminds her of her past. Meanwhile, Trixie deals with a couple whose relationship has separated them from their families.
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Seen it: Yes 59 mins 5/11/2014 8. Episode #3.7 | |
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Jenny returns and is seconded to the London Hospital, where she meets a fretting mother-to-be. Meanwhile, Chummy's mother visits, a patient of Cynthia's becomes mentally ill, and Tom's nervousness leads to trouble with Trixie.
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Seen it: Yes 59 mins 5/18/2014 9. Episode #3.8 | |
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Chummy struggles to cope with her mother's terminal illness, with her experience affecting Sister Monica Joan greatly. Meanwhile, Shelagh and Patrick receive encouraging news, and Jenny makes an important decision.
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