Call The Midwife: Season 5
Neal Street Productions (2015)
TV Series  /  Drama, History
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IMDB   8.6
555 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1   US - TV-PG
Vanessa Redgrave Mature Jennifer Worth
Jenny Agutter Sister Julienne
Judy Parfitt Sister Monica Joan
Linda Bassett Nurse Phyllis Crane
Helen George Nurse Trixie Franklin
Victoria Yeates Sister Winifred
Emerald Fennell Nurse Patsy Mount
Bryony Hannah Sister Mary Cynthia
Stephen McGann Dr. Patrick Turner
Laura Main Shelagh Turner
Charlotte Ritchie Nurse Barbara Gilbert
Jack Ashton Tom Hereward
Kate Lamb Delia Busby
Cliff Parisi Fred Buckle
Max Macmillan Timothy Turner
Pam Ferris Sister Evangelina
Alice Brown Angela Turner
Annabelle Apsion Violet Buckle
Liz White Rhoda Mullucks
Becci Gemmell Ruby Cottingham
Director
Sydney Macartney
Sheree Folkson
Lisa Clarke
Darcia Martin
Producer Heidi Thomas
Pippa Harris
Elizabeth Kilgarriff
Richard Moat
Writer Heidi Thomas
Jennifer Worth
Harriet Warner
Carolyn Bonnyman
Cinematography Toby Moore
Mark Garrett
Len Gowing
Musician Maurizio Malagnini

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.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   74 mins    12/25/2015  1.  Christmas Special
As Christmas approaches, an outbreak of measles hits Poplar. Meanwhile, Tom receives an intriguing offer from the BBC, a face from Patsy's past returns, and Sister Monica Joan goes missing.
    Seen it: Yes   58 mins    4/3/2016  2.  Episode #5.1
As Easter approaches, the nuns prepare for celebrations, while Trixie is taken up with a new exercise class, Patsy awaits Delia's decision, and the group are shaken by the birth of a severely deformed baby.
    Seen it: Yes   58 mins    4/10/2016  3.  Episode #5.2
Barbara has difficulty in working out how best to help a young woman whose husband is out of work, Sister Evangelina's strong opinions lead to trouble, and Phyllis attends a Spanish class, with unexpected results.
    Seen it: Yes   58 mins    4/17/2016  4.  Episode #5.3
One of Patsy's patients is diagnosed with typhoid, which reignites painful memories, Sister Winifred is deeply affected by the case of an unwed mother-to-be and Tom asks Barbara out to dinner.
    Seen it: Yes   58 mins    4/24/2016  5.  Episode #5.4
Tom and Trixie work together to help a young couple, Barbara wrestles with her conscience, and Sister Julienne is seconded to a maternity hospital, where she discovers the emergence of a worrying pattern.
    Seen it: Yes   58 mins    5/1/2016  6.  Episode #5.5
Phyllis becomes concerned about a new mother who is finding it difficult to cope, Fred must step in to help run the shop when Violet is injured, while Timothy makes Patrick have a realization.
    Seen it: Yes   58 mins    5/8/2016  7.  Episode #5.6
A series of attacks on young women in Poplar has a direct impact on the residents of Nonnatus House, Trixie is suspicious about a patient whose pregnancy has not been reported, while Patrick and Shelagh take a trip.
    Seen it: Yes   58 mins    5/15/2016  8.  Episode #5.7
As news of the forthcoming contraceptive pill reaches Poplar, it is met with different reactions by the residents of Nonnatus House. Meanwhile, Patsy tries to help a barge woman unused to life on land, and a storm hits Poplar.
    Seen it: Yes   58 mins    5/22/2016  9.  Episode #5.8
Patrick is horrified to learn that a medication prescribed to expectant mothers may be the cause of the recent birth defects in Poplar, while the Nonnatus House residents and the community at large are devastated when tragedy strikes.
Edition Details
Series Call the Midwife
Distributor BBC Video
Release Date 5/24/2016
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)
Subtitles English (SDH)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 3
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