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Based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth; the story follows twenty-two year old Jenny, who in 1957 leaves her comfortable home to become a midwife in London's East End. She is surprised to find that she will be living in a convent: Nonnatus House. Working alongside fellow nurses and the medically-trained nuns, Jenny has her eyes opened to the harsh living conditions of the slums, but she also discovers the warm hearts and the bravery of the mothers. Even after Jenny leaves Nonnatus, she continues to chronicle the lives of the midwives who have become her family.
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late-1950s to late-1960s.
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Seasons
- Season 1 7 episodes
- Season 2 9 episodes
- Season 3 9 episodes
- Season 4 9 episodes
- Season 5 9 episodes
- Season 6 9 episodes
- Season 7 9 episodes
- Season 8 8 episodes
- Season 9 9 episodes
- Season 10 7 episodes
- Season 11 9 episodes
- Season 12 7 episodes
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In 1957 newly-qualified but naive midwife Jenny Lee comes to work in London's East end to work with an order…
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In 1957 newly-qualified but naive midwife Jenny Lee comes to work in London's East end to work with an order of nursing nuns when she had been expecting a hospital as a base. Whilst pleased to have helped no nonsense Sister Evangelina deliver her first baby she is shocked by the poverty of her clients,terming the women 'heroines'. She is especially concerned for Conchita Warren,a Spanish former child bride,who speaks no English and is about to give birth for the twenty-fourth time. When Conchita falls down,inducing early labour, Jenny is thrown in at the deep end to deliver the baby on her own but wins praise from the doctors for her successful work.
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Peggy,the nurses' cleaner,tells them her brother Frank is ill. In fact he is dying of pancreatic cancer but refuses hospital…
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Peggy,the nurses' cleaner,tells them her brother Frank is ill. In fact he is dying of pancreatic cancer but refuses hospital admission as he and his sister were raised in a work-house and he has a fear of all institutions. Visiting their house Jenny is shocked to find that they share a bed but Sister Julienne does not condemn this,recognising the mutual love and dependency the couple share,even unto death. Chummy,having won over hecklers at her contraceptive demonstration, prepares to meet Peter Noakes' mother but they end up helping handyman Fred deliver his pig's litter. Jenny however turns down Jimmy's advances as she is still carrying a torch for a married man.
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Chummy's imperious,titled mother visits. She looks down on Peter Noakes and leans on her daughter to end the relationship. Chummy…
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Chummy's imperious,titled mother visits. She looks down on Peter Noakes and leans on her daughter to end the relationship. Chummy considers becoming a nun but,inspired by a young wife whose triplets she delivers in trying circumstances,defies her mother and has her wedding on her own terms. Elderly,senile Sister Monica Joan,prone to wandering around the area shoeless,is arrested for shop lifting and appears in court. Jimmy proves to be the hero of the hour by driving to Chichester to collect the head of the order,Mother Jesu Emanuel,whose speech on behalf of the old lady leads to her acquittal. Jenny then realises that she has been a fool to think that she could have a relationship with the married Gerald who would never leave his wife for her.
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After delivering a baby in a toilet Jenny is approached by a ragged old woman asking after the child's welfare.…
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After delivering a baby in a toilet Jenny is approached by a ragged old woman asking after the child's welfare. The nuns identify her as Mrs Jenkins,who lives in terrible poverty but refuses help. Eventually Jenny and Sister Philomena get through to her and help her improve her life. Jenny is perplexed that Mrs Jenkins mistakes her for somebody called Rosie and uncovers a tragic set of events in the old lady's life before closure is achieved. Rehearsing for the local nativity play its director Chummy seeks the help of intelligent school leaver Lynette Duncan,unaware that the girl is heavily pregnant,ultimately giving birth but leaving the baby at the convent door. Chummy unites mother and child but the play seems doomed when its costumes are destroyed when a water pipe bursts. Fortunately the locals rally round to ensure that the show goes ahead.
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Jenny visits pregnant Molly Brignall who is submissive to her abusive husband Ritchie even though he has driven a wedge…
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Jenny visits pregnant Molly Brignall who is submissive to her abusive husband Ritchie even though he has driven a wedge between her and her mother Marjorie. Molly gives birth in hospital but discharges herself early at her husband's behest. The consequences are disastrous though at least it lets Marjorie into her grandchildren's lives. Sister Evangelina and Trixie have to scale a precarious rope ladder on a Swedish ship,whose captain's daughter Kirsten is about to give birth. The nun dislocates her shoulder so that Trixie - successfully - carries out the birth. She is,however,horrified to learn that Kirsten has been used as a prostitute to keep the crew happy and she gives the young woman the strength to leave the ship and lead her own life. Chummy meanwhile considers mission work in Africa.
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Cynthia delivers Irene Kelly's baby son successfully but the child dies next day. There is a post mortem...
Hesitant nursing assistant Jane Sutton arrives at the convent as Jenny is seconded to hospital work,meeting...
Cheery vicar Applebee-Thornton comes to stay at the convent whilst his house is being prepared. He is...
Worn-out mother of eight Nora Harding is distraught to find herself pregnant again and Jenny is shocked that Nora and…
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Worn-out mother of eight Nora Harding is distraught to find herself pregnant again and Jenny is shocked that Nora and her husband and children live in a cramped,rat-infested apartment. Nora visits an illegal abortionist and almost dies before Sister Julienne intervenes and the family is rehoused. Sister Monica Joan feigns illness to prevent herself from going on holiday as she fears she may never return as the other nuns see her as useless. However when the convent's summer fete requires a judge for the baby show and first choice, handsome television star Clifford Raines, is a non-starter after throwing himself at Trixie, the elderly nun rises to the occasion. Meanwhile Sister Bernadette fights her feelings for local Dr Turner. Written by
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Tuberculosis is starting to take its toll in the area and Dr Turner,backed by Sister Bernadette,makes an impassioned plea for…
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Tuberculosis is starting to take its toll in the area and Dr Turner,backed by Sister Bernadette,makes an impassioned plea for a mobile screening unit to come to Poplar. Its performance is a success but Sister Bernadette is among those found to have the illness and is taken to hospital. Jenny's patient,former pub landlord Mr Masterson, is dying and,many years ago, lost all his family to tuberculosis except youngest daughter Julia,who has not visited him for five years and who is unmarried and pregnant. At Jenny's request Julia moves in to nurse her father and the pair are reconciled,Mr Masterson living just long enough to see his new grand-son. Written by
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Jenny treats pregnant Monique Hyde,a West Indian immigrant,living in over-crowded conditions as landlords are prejudiced to black applicants and also…
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Jenny treats pregnant Monique Hyde,a West Indian immigrant,living in over-crowded conditions as landlords are prejudiced to black applicants and also facing racial hostility from neighbour Rita. However when Monique's waters break Rita rises to the occasion. Cynthia is angered by patient John Lacey,a diabetic who bullies his weak wife Annie into giving him food dangerous to his illness and learns that Annie is 'repaying ' him for giving her and her son Bob a home years earlier. When Bob returns from America with his his over-bearing betrothed Annie sees the chance to rebel. Meanwhile Chummy and peter,now expectant parents,return from Africa whilst the recovering Sister Bernadette has a confession for Sister Julienne. Written by
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Sister Bernadette leaves hospital,having renounced her vows and ready to start life with Dr Turner. Jimmy returns to work in…
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Sister Bernadette leaves hospital,having renounced her vows and ready to start life with Dr Turner. Jimmy returns to work in Poplar,happy with fatherhood,and introduces Jenny to his friend Alec,with whom she goes on a date. Another visitor is Fred's pregnant daughter Dolly,with her little son,but when she needs a brief hospital stay,Fred is literally left holding the baby. Fortunately Chummy is a huge help but she has her own doubts about what sort of mother she will be and news that the convent will be bulldozed with other buildings to make way for development unsettles all the nurses. Both women give birth successfully - though for one it is touch and go Written by
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As Christmas and the wedding of Dr Turner to Shelagh, the former Sister Bernadette, approach an unexploded World War Two…
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As Christmas and the wedding of Dr Turner to Shelagh, the former Sister Bernadette, approach an unexploded World War Two bomb is discovered in the area, requiring the residents to be evacuated overnight to the working men's club, where the nurses take charge. Among the evacuees are young marrieds the heavily pregnant Yvonne and her husband Alan for whom the bomb recalls terrifying memories of hand to hand combat in the Korean war. He is psychologically damaged and Trixie, her own father having suffered from shell shock, empathizes. Despite opposition from the nuns she and Jenny ensure that Alan is present at his child's birth to make him feel wanted and give him confidence. Further anxiety is caused by a polio outbreak with the doctor's son Timothy among the victims but there are no fatalities and the bomb is detonated. It does however destroy the convent and new premises are found as nuns and nurses finally attend the wedding.
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Now dating surveyor Alec Jenny joins the other midwives in their superior new base, along with latest recruit Sister Winifred.…
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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 is 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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Jenny is promoted to acting sister at the clinic, irking the more experienced Trixie. Expectant mother of three Doris Aston…
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Jenny is promoted to acting sister at the clinic, irking the more experienced Trixie. Expectant mother of three Doris Aston also seems to prefer Trixie to Jenny though Doris has a bigger problem - the child that is due was not fathered by her bullying husband Cyril but by a black man at a one-night stand. Sister Julienne arranges for Doris to go away for the birth and have the baby adopted but the child arrives early and Cyril finds out. The baby is taken away for adoption but Jenny agrees to keep a letter for her from Doris explaining the situation for when she is older. Elsewhere Cynthia, inspired by the progressive Dr Latham, impresses cynical Sister Evangelina by putting into effect the doctor's relaxation technique for a difficult home birth.
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Sister Julienne and Trixie go to Holloway prison to stand in for sick nursing staff and are appalled by the…
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Sister Julienne and Trixie go to Holloway prison to stand in for sick nursing staff and are appalled by the lack of care for the inmates, who are expected to work though heavily pregnant. Sister Julienne is especially concerned for unmarried Stella Crangle, fearful that her baby will be taken from her, and makes arrangements to help her on release. Back at Poplar Kathleen Baker risks her health and that of her unborn child by putting her appearance first to please her husband whilst the nurses celebrate Chummy's birthday and Shelagh, as a former TB patient, is afraid that it has made her infertile.
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Sister Winifred confides in Cynthia that she is not feeling as committed to midwifery as she had hoped. However she…
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Sister Winifred confides in Cynthia that she is not feeling as committed to midwifery as she had hoped. However she is concerned that pregnant Jewish Leah Moss's married life is dominated by caring for her mother Tzirale, who has not left their flat in twelve years. Leah believes Tzirale is still traumatised by events in Europe during the war but the arrival of the baby helps the matriarch to overcome her fear, allowing the family to move, whilst Sister Winifred regains her confidence having delivered the baby on her own. Jenny is set to spend a weekend in Brighton with Alec but he is fatally injured in a fall. Shelagh, now resigned to the fact that she cannot have children, channels her energies into organizing a choir, who sing at the funeral.
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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…
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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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Docker Maurice Glennon cannot understand why, after several weeks in bed following a fall, he is not getting any better.…
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Docker Maurice Glennon cannot understand why, after several weeks in bed following a fall, he is not getting any better. However Patsy identifies the cause as an infection sustained whilst he was in a Japanese POW camp, a discovery she knows only too well having been interned herself in a camp where her mother and sister died. Young Irish couple Phoebe and Declan Doyle arrive in the area, having fled from home as she is Catholic and he a Protestant. The birth of Phoebe's child, though ultimately successful, is difficult, causing her to consider it a punishment for crossing the religious divide. Meanwhile the Turners consider adoption and Trixie goes on a date with the handsome young curate Tom Hereward .
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Jenny is seconded to the London Hospital's maternity ward, where her first patient, Faye Rawle, is overly anxious and demanding…
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Jenny is seconded to the London Hospital's maternity ward, where her first patient, Faye Rawle, is overly anxious and demanding following a miscarriage and Jenny breaks the rules to reassure her before returning to the East End. Sister Julienne is alarmed by new mother Pamela Saint's obsession with cleaning, which is slowly turning to paranoia. This leads to the nun having to save mother and baby when Pamela wants to cleanse them both in the river and to psychiatric admission. Meanwhile Chummy and Peter host her aloof mother, who has left her husband after discovering his infidelity. She is not a grateful guest but, as she is about to leave, collapses and it is revealed that she has cancer. Whilst Trixie continues to date Tom Dr Turner learns that his inability to mention his brief mental break-down in the war could jeopardize the adoption bid.
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After consoling Chummy Sister Monica Joan is reminded of her rift with her own mother decades earlier and becomes distressed.…
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After consoling Chummy Sister Monica Joan is reminded of her rift with her own mother decades earlier and becomes distressed. Chummy and Peter decide that they will nurse the terminally ill Lady Browne at their house, helped by the nuns and midwives. She becomes appreciative of their efforts, becoming less hardened and more loving to Chummy before she dies whilst Sister Monica Joan also benefits from her part in helping. The Turners have double good news as they are finally accepted as adoptive parents and Shelagh's choir wins the local competition. Jenny meets Philip Worth, cousin of a patient, whom she will eventually marry and leaves the area to work at a hospice, though she will keep in touch with her 'family' and will never forget them.
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As the nurses prepare for their 1959 Christmas show Patsy and Chummy escort two pregnant teen-agers, confident Avril and nervous…
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As the nurses prepare for their 1959 Christmas show Patsy and Chummy escort two pregnant teen-agers, confident Avril and nervous Denise, to a home for expectant mothers run by the unfeeling and drunken Sister Maltby. When Denise falls ill and is denied medical treatment Avril reports Maltby and Chummy and Patsy temporarily run the home, making huge improvements for the better with help from Avril, whose baby they deliver on Christmas Eve. Shelagh goes to the aid of down-trodden epileptic Victor when he has a fit in the market - which leads to the discovery that he and his girlfriend Nancy are living in squalor. Nancy, who believes she is pregnant, fears the baby will be taken from her on the discovery that she met Victor in a mental hospital, from which they have been released with no after-care, but Dr Turner and Cynthia realize that , due to operations carried out on her in the hospital, she can never conceive. They nonetheless encourage the couple to be strong and care for each ...
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Whilst Sister Evangelina has health problems she grudgingly comes to admire Barbara Gilbert, replacement for Cynthia, for her tireless work…
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Whilst Sister Evangelina has health problems she grudgingly comes to admire Barbara Gilbert, replacement for Cynthia, for her tireless work with a new mother. Tom proposes to Trixie whilst the other nurses are concerned for the Teemans, a family of young children living in squalor, whose mother appears to have abandoned them and who are being raised by ten-year old Gary. When Gary is arrested for shop-lifting the nurses swing into action.
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With Sister Evangelina due for sick leave her replacement arrives - the older midwife Phyllis Crane, a no-nonsense vegetarian who…
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With Sister Evangelina due for sick leave her replacement arrives - the older midwife Phyllis Crane, a no-nonsense vegetarian who soon crosses swords with the nun, Barbara being caught in the middle. However Phyllis displays a kindlier side when Barbara and Patsy attend a particularly difficult birth. A mystery benefactor offers a bequest to the convent - the dying Charles Newgarden, who dated Sister Julienne before she became a nun . She finds the meeting painful but the building is in need of repair and she cannot afford not to accept his offer or to relive their night at the cinema from thirty years earlier.
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As dysentery sweeps through the area Trixie takes on her first official duty since her engagement to vicar Tom by…
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As dysentery sweeps through the area Trixie takes on her first official duty since her engagement to vicar Tom by organizing the Rose of Poplar contest whilst Phyllis is concerned for sickly Dolores McEvoy, who is living in a filthy hostel apart from her husband but is too ashamed to give the address. When Phyllis locates the hostel she also finds the source of the dysentery. Meanwhile young father-to-be Tony Amos is the victim of police entrapment when he goes cruising in a men's toilet. Dr Turner speaks up for him when he is taken to court but, although prison is avoided, bigoted attitudes make life difficult for him and his wife and the nurses' opinions are divided.
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When Sister Winifred visits unmarried mother-to-be Bridget she discovers that the girl is a prostitute living in a brothel and…
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When Sister Winifred visits unmarried mother-to-be Bridget she discovers that the girl is a prostitute living in a brothel and has syphilis. The sister is shocked to learn that the prostitutes do not use contraception as their clients are against it and tries in vain to educate them. However, once cured and her baby born, Bridget agrees to help her. Barbara encounters an expectant father desperate for a son to take over his business as his brothers all died in the war and requires Dr Turner's assistance when a daughter arrives. Meanwhile Trixie has doubts about her engagement whilst Sister Monica Joan and Shelagh prove their worth in an emergency.
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Now a nun, Sister Mary Cynthia, Cynthia Miller returns to work as a midwife and finds that Sister Julienne has…
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Now a nun, Sister Mary Cynthia, Cynthia Miller returns to work as a midwife and finds that Sister Julienne has a problem with Janice and Ray Prendergast, who are Christian Scientists and refuse to give their sick baby Raymond medicine. When Raymond suffers a fractured leg Dr Turner suspects abuse and calls in the NSPCC. However he is over-worked and tired from relieving a colleague and he may be wrong. When he gives in to sickness and self-doubt Shelagh steps in to help. Barbara befriends Ameera, a pregnant woman from Ceylon with no English, whose little boy interprets for her and when Ameera falls ill Dr Turner regains his confidence to save her. Trixie, having broken off her engagement to Tom, says goodbye as he prepares to leave for Newcastle.
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Phyllis's patient, 17- year old diabetic Paulette Roland, shocks her protective mother Dulcie when she proves to be pregnant by…
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Phyllis's patient, 17- year old diabetic Paulette Roland, shocks her protective mother Dulcie when she proves to be pregnant by local bad boy Vaughan Sellars. Dr Turner believes giving birth will put Paulette's life at risk and books her in for a legal termination but Paulette and Vaughan plan to marry and run off. However when Paulette sinks into a diabetic coma Vaughan does the right thing, impressing Dulcie and Phyllis. Sister Mary Cynthia befriends a group of gypsies, helping the middle-aged Attracta to deliver her baby whilst Fred steps out with shopkeeper Violet Gee at a charity dance.
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Sister Evangelina returns to work as old school friends Shirley and Marion come to the maternity ward. They both have…
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Sister Evangelina returns to work as old school friends Shirley and Marion come to the maternity ward. They both have daughters but when a fire breaks out, in the confusion, Sister Evangelina gives them the wrong babies. When Marion's baby is seen to have a heart murmur the parents have to be told the truth but Marion's reaction is surprising. Barbara attends Fred's elderly cousin Tommy Mills, who is bed-ridden but when Tommy's wife Gert is diagnosed with cancer she refuses to leave him for a hospital operation. Barbara and Sister Mary Cynthia rise to the occasion to help. Fred declares his feelings for shop-keeper Violet but for Patsy and her girl-friend Delia life is not so simple.
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Prisoner's wife Maureen Gadsby is suffering from a severe form of morning sickness, prompting Dr turner to recommend a new…
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Prisoner's wife Maureen Gadsby is suffering from a severe form of morning sickness, prompting Dr turner to recommend a new wonder drug - thalidomide. Sister Mary Cynthia sees to deaf June Dillen, who is concerned she will be unable to communicate with her baby, as well as helping the depressed Trixie come to terms with her heavy drinking. Patsy and Delia move into a flat together but fate intervenes whilst Fred's sharp-tongued daughter Marlene attempts to wreck his engagement to Violet. Fortunately Chummy intervenes and ensures that the marriage goes ahead.
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There are mixed reactions from the midwives when they hear that a television crew will be filming their church carol…
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There are mixed reactions from the midwives when they hear that a television crew will be filming their church carol service featuring the local children's choir. An outbreak of measles amongst the choristers almost stops the show but fortunately Shelagh comes up with a solution whilst Patsy and Barbara join Tom in taking a party of children to see the Regent Street lights where Patsy is reunited with an old flame. Meanwhile Sister Monica Joan, after a row with Sister Evangelina, disappears again, causing alarm until Phyllis picks up on where she may have gone and down-trodden church cleaner Iris and her husband have a happy Christmas surprise.
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Patsy and Shelagh are shocked when experienced mother Rhoda Mullocks gives birth to a baby girl with severely malformed arms…
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Patsy and Shelagh are shocked when experienced mother Rhoda Mullocks gives birth to a baby girl with severely malformed arms - the result, though nobody realizes - of Rhoda taking the pain killer thalidomide and Dr Turner is baffled. Rhoda's husband Bernie rejects the child as a monster, putting him at odds with his wife who wants to keep her, and Sister Mary Cynthia has to work hard to make him change his view. Meanwhile Trixie starts a keep fit class, where she discovers a problem encountered by elderly student Olive and Patsy is overjoyed when Delia comes to stay at the convent.
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Barbara is concerned when she finds that docker Johnny Beckett is spending time in the pub and not going to…
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Barbara is concerned when she finds that docker Johnny Beckett is spending time in the pub and not going to work as he tells pregnant wife Stella - but Johnny has a reason and a terrible secret which he believes will prevent him from seeing his new-born, resulting in a race against time. Sister Evangelina has cause to doubt her profession skills and takes a six month break from the convent when her insistence that Connie Manley breast feeds her baby almost results in the child's death whilst Phyllis finds romance with the charming Tommy, whom she meets at Spanish class - though he too has a secret. A budding romance between Barbara and Tom is more straightforward - as Trixie notices.
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Having delivered Jeanette Su's daughter Patsy realizes that Jeanette has typhoid, unlocking old memories of her time in a Japanese…
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Having delivered Jeanette Su's daughter Patsy realizes that Jeanette has typhoid, unlocking old memories of her time in a Japanese internment camp. As the disease claims another victim Jeanette's Chinese husband Benny seems the most likely suspect but Dr Turner discovers the carrier to be an unlikely source. Meanwhile popular primary school teacher Dorothy Whitmore loses her job and flat after falling pregnant by a married man and needs to be found accommodation by the nuns. Dorothy's attempts to rectify matters almost cost her her life and require the kindly intervention of Sister Winifred whilst Patsy plays down her friendship with Delia and Barbara feels guilty about her date with Tom.
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Trixie visits burns victim Sadie Bulmer, whose teen-aged son Ian has gained a university place and wants to use it…
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Trixie visits burns victim Sadie Bulmer, whose teen-aged son Ian has gained a university place and wants to use it to better life for himself and childhood sweetheart Linda. However Linda falls pregnant, jeopardizing his opportunity and Ian agrees to stay with her. Then Fate steps in. Sister Julienne's patient Ruby Cottingham's difficult pregnancy means hospital admission. But Ruby has been taking thalidomide as a pain-killer and the birth is a far from happy event, requiring a deception on the sister's part and puzzling Dr Turner as more deformed babies are born. On a happier note Trixie tells Barbara there are no hard feelings over her dating Tom
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Phyllis is concerned for Roseanne Dawley, who delivered her baby daughter herself but is now a nervous and unconfident mother,…
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Phyllis is concerned for Roseanne Dawley, who delivered her baby daughter herself but is now a nervous and unconfident mother, ultimately leaving her older husband Denis literally holding the baby as she disappears. In ratifying the situation Phyllis discovers that Roseanne has a less than innocent past and is frightened her daughter will take after her. Meanwhile Dr Turner, alarmed at the high incidences of lung disease in the area, opens a specialist clinic, unaware of the link between cancer and smoking and Fred has trouble coping when he has to run his wife's shop after she has done her back in.
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Barbara and Tom go to the aid of a prostitute, who has been bitten by her assailant - the first…
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Barbara and Tom go to the aid of a prostitute, who has been bitten by her assailant - the first of a series of similar vicious attacks on women. The culprit is caught, largely due to information from his latest victim - one of the midwives whose experience causes a crisis of faith. Middle-aged Thora Hills tells the nurses she is expecting another child but is secretly covering for pregnant unmarried daughter Diane, abandoned by her baby's father. Trixie and Sister Mary Cynthia have to act quickly to avoid disaster when Thora attempts a home birth to maintain the secrecy - and matters are not helped by elderly Dr Godfrey, who has come out of retirement to allow Dr Turner a much-deserved holiday.
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Dr Turner is excited to be administering the contraceptive pill, which he hopes will prevent unwanted pregnancies, though Sister Julienne…
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Dr Turner is excited to be administering the contraceptive pill, which he hopes will prevent unwanted pregnancies, though Sister Julienne has moral misgivings. One couple who would have benefited by it are Gina and Leslie, who only married because she was pregnant with Leslie showing little interest in upcoming fatherhood. Bargee's wife Daisy Blacker, whose itinerant life-style has denied her children schooling, is reluctant to leave her barge and brood to have her latest but her commitment to her children and Leslie's to his wife are tested during a violent storm bringing Phyllis and Patsy out on call. Phyllis surprises Patsy with an admission while next morning the storm has passed and the calm brings with it a welcome face returning.
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Horrified to read in 'The Lancet' that thalidomide is being withdrawn because of its devastating effect Dr Turner needs the…
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Horrified to read in 'The Lancet' that thalidomide is being withdrawn because of its devastating effect Dr Turner needs the nurses' help in identifying the patients to whom he prescribed it and warning them. However he is also called out to an emergency at the convent, which leaves the midwives in despair and the whole area in mourning. The passing does at least provide a positive for a hastily arranged wedding, whose celebrations require a call for the midwife.
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As Christmas 1962 approaches Sister Julienne gets a call from the Hope Clinic, a mission hospital in South Africa, in…
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As Christmas 1962 approaches Sister Julienne gets a call from the Hope Clinic, a mission hospital in South Africa, in danger of closure due to under-staffing on the eve of a much needed polio vaccination programme. Along with a group of midwives, the Turners, Fred and Tom, she arrives at the clinic to assist its lone medic, Myra Fitzsimmons, and they are shocked by the lack of supplies and the rudimentary conditions, with Phyllis delivering a baby under a tree in the desert. They also encounter Apartheid and dysentery, caused by the lack of clean water. Worst of all Dr Myra is convinced she has cancer. Before they return to England Trixie has performed a Caesarean, Sister Julienne has persuaded a gruff white land owner to run a fresh water pipe-line through his property and Dr Turner has good news for Myra, all allowing the clinic to continue. At the same time Barbara and Tom have good news of their own
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Returning from South Africa the midwives find the grim Sister Ursula has taken over as superior from Sister Julienne and…
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Returning from South Africa the midwives find the grim Sister Ursula has taken over as superior from Sister Julienne and is intent on imposing a frugal regime and an unwelcome new system. The nurses are also concerned for put-upon mother-to-be Trudy Watts, whose ex-con husband Lester is bullying her and their five-year old son Mickey. Having escaped from him to give birth at the convent Trudy decides to stand up for herself but needs Phyllis's help to triumph. Getting caught up in the domestic violence does not help Sister Mary Cynthia's fragile mental health but Shelagh has good news for her husband.
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Sister Usurla informs the Nonnatuns that spending too much time with, and caring for, patients will now have serious consequences.…
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Sister Usurla informs the Nonnatuns that spending too much time with, and caring for, patients will now have serious consequences. But after an explosion at the docks leaves one man dead and a new father wondering if he will ever see his child, patients are put first. Patsy also ignores the new rule, when an expecting dwarfish couple are warned that their soon-to-arrive baby doesn't have very good chances at survival. At the same time, Patsy receives guidance about what she should do about her dying father in Hong Kong. And In the midst of everything else, Sheligh and Patrick find out that they don't have tell their children of their impending arrival after all.
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Prior to Trixie's much-anticipated arrival, yet another major change is made to Nonnatus House by Sister Usurla. But it seems…
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Prior to Trixie's much-anticipated arrival, yet another major change is made to Nonnatus House by Sister Usurla. But it seems as though these decisions are fueled by her past experiences with maternity and nursing establishments. When a newborn's life is put in danger in the name of efficiency, she has a lot to reflect upon. Meanwhile, the maternity home is at risk of being shut down to make way for hospital development. The inspection is interrupted by two devastating incidents.
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Taking pity on pregnant Marnie Walker, whose husband abandoned his family, leaving Marnie with huge debts, Trixie refers her to…
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Taking pity on pregnant Marnie Walker, whose husband abandoned his family, leaving Marnie with huge debts, Trixie refers her to Tom. In his efforts to help her Tom is stunned to learn that the cash-strapped mother is planning to give her new-born to her barren, wealthier cousin Dot and her husband in exchange for financial aid - the more so as Tom himself was adopted. Both he and Sister Winifred are saddened as they witness the hand-over - and unsurprised when Marnie changes her mind. Meanwhile Shelagh fears for her unborn child when Gloria, a woman she has befriended in hospital, suffers yet another miscarriage and the nurses are perturbed to hear that Sister Mary Cynthia has suffered a break-down. Fortunately barmaid and ex-army nurse Valerie is on hand to fill her vacancy.
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As Valerie starts work Fred and Violet take in Reggie, a young man with Downs syndrome, whose mother, Fred's cousin,…
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As Valerie starts work Fred and Violet take in Reggie, a young man with Downs syndrome, whose mother, Fred's cousin, has died but quickly find he needs more care than they can offer. Fred and Sister Monica Joan visit a potential home but it is a grim mental hospital and they are shocked to find Sister Mary Cynthia a patient. Whilst Reggie is housed elsewhere Sister Julienne is refused access to visit the former midwife. Meanwhile a dental project introduces Trixie to charming dentist Christopher and Shelagh persuades her husband that they need a bigger house with the baby due.
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The Cuban missile crisis dominates the news, prompting Civil Defender Fred to put the area on nuclear alert. However the…
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The Cuban missile crisis dominates the news, prompting Civil Defender Fred to put the area on nuclear alert. However the nurses have their own crises. Valerie is shocked to discover that pregnant Somali Nadifa has been subject to genital mutilation, which she sees as normal to her culture but when her waters break Valerie has to take emergency action. Elsewhere Sister Julienne rescues Sister Mary Cynthia from the grim mental hospital but the younger nun is still fragile and unsure of her faith and needs to be taken to a kindlier institution. As the crisis abates the Turners move in and Trixie moves on in her relationship with Christopher.
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Rhoda Mullucks is distraught when her daughter Susan is rejected by a nursery as being 'ill.' Guilt-ridden Dr Turner arranges…
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Rhoda Mullucks is distraught when her daughter Susan is rejected by a nursery as being 'ill.' Guilt-ridden Dr Turner arranges to take them to a specialist unit for the fitting of prosthetic limbs, and has to overcome the objections of Rhoda's husband Bernie. Rhoda is given hope by Lydia, a similarly affected parent. Phyllis is in crisis after accidentally running over one of Carrie Antoine's sons, after delivering Carrie's latest baby. She needs the support of the other midwives and Carrie herself to prevent prosecution and allow her to resume her work. Trixie meanwhile suspects Christopher of infidelity and forces him to explain himself before their relationship can continue.
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A family contraceptive clinic opens in the area and mother of three Wilma Goddens uses it to put herself on…
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A family contraceptive clinic opens in the area and mother of three Wilma Goddens uses it to put herself on the pill, unbeknown to her husband Trevor. However a surfeit of the pills has tragic side effects. Shelagh has a home delivery with Sister Julienne as her midwife. It is a difficult birth, much eased by Patrick's intervention whilst Trixie's meeting with Christopher's little girl is also a success. Barbara and Tom bring their wedding forward to allow her clergyman father to marry them before he leaves for missionary work in New Guinea and the return of Patsy from abroad makes it a day to remember for Delia too.
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Christmas 1962 sees an unprecedently heavy snow fall and a burst pipe in the community hall requires the clinic to…
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Christmas 1962 sees an unprecedently heavy snow fall and a burst pipe in the community hall requires the clinic to be held in a local pub as well as cancelling the pantomime. Valerie trawls through the drifts to the caravan where pregnant Linda is staying with the adoring Selwyn, who knows he is not her baby's father, for a potentially upsetting early birth whilst Sister Julienne hears a shocking story of domestic abuse when she visits the wife of a hypothermia victim. Come the New Year the pantomime goes ahead and Phyllis gets the better of an officious policeman but Tom is faced with a difficult decision.
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As the bitter winter continues new midwife Lucille Anderson, delayed by bad weather, eventually arrives in the middle of a…
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As the bitter winter continues new midwife Lucille Anderson, delayed by bad weather, eventually arrives in the middle of a power cut. She is Jamaican, prompting the other nurses to fear she may experience racism. Phyllis more concerned for elderly Ruth Gelin, dying of cancer but refusing to leave her soon-to-be demolished house and has to win over Sergeant Woolf to grant Ruth's wish. Meanwhile Lucille, though unwell, more than proves her worth helping Trixie deliver single mother Nadine's baby whilst Barbara helps Nadine plan for the future for herself and her child.
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Lucille delivers hair-dresser Marjory Chivvers' baby but faces racist prejudice from Marjory's mother Mae, who blames Lucille when her daughter…
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Lucille delivers hair-dresser Marjory Chivvers' baby but faces racist prejudice from Marjory's mother Mae, who blames Lucille when her daughter has a stroke. However Lucille stands her ground, encouraging Marjory's weak husband Dennis to defy Mae and take charge of his wife's recovery. The Turners welcome their super efficient au pair, Hungarian Magda, who certainly impresses Timothy, whilst Sister Winifred persuades a football-mad husband that being at his child's birth is more important than his game with more success than Trixie's dinner party for Christopher.
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Trixie is concerned for Doreen Lunt, living in squalor with her ragged children and beleaguered husband Gordon. She learns that…
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Trixie is concerned for Doreen Lunt, living in squalor with her ragged children and beleaguered husband Gordon. She learns that the depressed mother fears she will be locked up as mentally ill, like her father who died in an asylum but Dr Turner makes another, more disturbing, diagnosis. Whilst Fred organizes a beauty contest Trixie must make a hard decision regarding herself and Christopher and Magda puts herself in danger after making a frightening discovery.
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Married to Saddiq Gani in Pakistan and now pregnant at fifteen Parveen's case perturbs the midwives on the discovery of…
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Married to Saddiq Gani in Pakistan and now pregnant at fifteen Parveen's case perturbs the midwives on the discovery of his previous, arranged, marriage to older cousin Mumtaz. Mumtaz is exceptionally bitter and Sister Julienne discovers why, ultimately reconciling the two wives. Meanwhile Sister Monica Joan's failing eye-sight and refusal to have her cataracts removed causes concern, requiring gentle persuasion from handy-man Fred and ex-alcoholic Trixie, drinking again after her break-up with Christopher, also comes to a decision.
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Having stowed away on a ship from Nigeria Ade Babayaro is thrown out of the seaman's mission on suspicion of…
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Having stowed away on a ship from Nigeria Ade Babayaro is thrown out of the seaman's mission on suspicion of having small-pox. Reggie finds his hiding place and tells Phyllis, who must find him before panic takes hold of the area. Lucille and Shelagh have to persuade Eunice Dobson, who is determined not to have her baby after a difficult first birth, to change her mind before they can join the others on a picnic outing, where they encounter two familiar returning faces.
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Pearl and Terry Davidson arrive from Northern Ireland with their two small children to open a newsagents but Terry dies…
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Pearl and Terry Davidson arrive from Northern Ireland with their two small children to open a newsagents but Terry dies in a car crash, leaving the pregnant Pearl to run the shop alone. When further disaster strikes Fred and Barbara lead the community in rallying round Pearl's family. Valerie and Lucille run into trouble when a possessive mother complains about their sexual health classes for young girls. Valerie discovers her reasons, providing a reunion whilst Sister Monica Joan, in hospital for her eye operation, ultimately befriends a raucous fellow patient. Meanwhile illness hits another of the nurses.
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Barbara is kept in isolation with Meningitis whilst Lucille, taking on her patients, makes new friends with a fellow Jamaican…
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Barbara is kept in isolation with Meningitis whilst Lucille, taking on her patients, makes new friends with a fellow Jamaican couple. Dr Turner, attending a scabies outbreak at a boys' remand home, takes pity on the bullied Michael Sumpter, whose wife Alison is pregnant. He determines to help the youngster at court, battling the authorities and Alison's prejudiced mother, whilst Alison has need of Shelagh's professional skills.
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As a grieving Tom considers his future Sister Monica Joan wanders into a cinema, meeting projectionist Stanley Hodgkiss. His daughter…
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As a grieving Tom considers his future Sister Monica Joan wanders into a cinema, meeting projectionist Stanley Hodgkiss. His daughter Olive, separated from her husband, is heavily pregnant but is annoyed that her father is more concerned for his old friend Donald, a dementia sufferer. With the local maternity hospital closed down the midwives are under extra pressure and Phyllis crosses swords with cheeky teenager Josie Winterlee but is there for her when it counts. As with Olive and Stanley a new arrival brings reconciliation and the staff assemble for the memorable occasion that is Sister Monica Joan's birthday.
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As Christmas approaches, Sisters Julienne and Winifred are called to the Mother House, where important decisions must be made. Meanwhile,…
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As Christmas approaches, Sisters Julienne and Winifred are called to the Mother House, where important decisions must be made. Meanwhile, Trixie returns from Italy, and the midwives help with a difficult birth.
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As spring arrives, Nonnatus House welcomes two new nuns, the experienced Sister Hilda and newly qualified Sister Frances, who must…
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As spring arrives, Nonnatus House welcomes two new nuns, the experienced Sister Hilda and newly qualified Sister Frances, who must acclimatized to the changing East End. A complicated multiple birth tests the skills of some of the midwives to the limit, but Trixie has to face her fears and Valerie deals with a shocking case that arrives unexpectedly.
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As Violet runs for election as a councillor, Lucille befriends an elderly woman facing eviction, and Sister Hilda supports a…
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As Violet runs for election as a councillor, Lucille befriends an elderly woman facing eviction, and Sister Hilda supports a Ghanaian family suffering from a mysterious illness.
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A troubled mother receives support from Shelagh and an unexpected source, Valerie helps a woman whose child is born with…
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A troubled mother receives support from Shelagh and an unexpected source, Valerie helps a woman whose child is born with a cleft palate, and Phyllis has ambitious plans for the Whitsun bank holiday.
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A friend of Trixie's finds herself in an impossible situation, while Sister Julienne endeavors to mend a fractured mother daughter…
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A friend of Trixie's finds herself in an impossible situation, while Sister Julienne endeavors to mend a fractured mother daughter relationship.
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A young bride-to-be suffers an identity crisis after the diagnosis of a hidden condition, an expectant father is diagnosed with…
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A young bride-to-be suffers an identity crisis after the diagnosis of a hidden condition, an expectant father is diagnosed with a rare condition himself, and romance is in the air for Lucille.
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When Phyllis is admitted to hospital, Mother Mildred returns to cover her assignments, and soon causes a stir, while Lucille…
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When Phyllis is admitted to hospital, Mother Mildred returns to cover her assignments, and soon causes a stir, while Lucille cares for an unwed teenager who wants to keep her baby.
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A woman's pregnancy is affected by her husband's infidelity, Sister Frances faces her first solo delivery, Shelagh receives news about…
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A woman's pregnancy is affected by her husband's infidelity, Sister Frances faces her first solo delivery, Shelagh receives news about May, and Valerie's loyalty is tested.
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As Shelagh plans a ball to raise money for new medical equipment, Valerie must come to terms with recent events,…
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As Shelagh plans a ball to raise money for new medical equipment, Valerie must come to terms with recent events, while Sister Hilda assists a terminally ill young woman.
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The midwives answer the call for medical help in the Outer Hebrides.
In January 1965, a diphtheria outbreak sweeps through Poplar and Mother Mildred seeks to help a distraught woman who abandoned…
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In January 1965, a diphtheria outbreak sweeps through Poplar and Mother Mildred seeks to help a distraught woman who abandoned her newborn.
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Sister Julienne intervenes in the case of a pregnant prostitute, a family's plan to leave Poplar are up in the…
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Sister Julienne intervenes in the case of a pregnant prostitute, a family's plan to leave Poplar are up in the air when a mysterious illness strikes, and Sgt. Woolf faces a health crisis of his own.
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Lucille encounters a defiant expectant mother who is less than kind, Phyllis attempts to help an immigrant mother with an…
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Lucille encounters a defiant expectant mother who is less than kind, Phyllis attempts to help an immigrant mother with an alarming medical condition, and Shelagh and Trixie put on a fashion show to raise funds for the maternity home.
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Nonnatus House welcomes four male junior doctors to live and work among the midwives while Fred tries to help a…
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Nonnatus House welcomes four male junior doctors to live and work among the midwives while Fred tries to help a sick man whose home is to be demolished.
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May's adoption by the Turners comes under threat when someone from her past appears. Valerie's cousin's baby has a devastating…
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May's adoption by the Turners comes under threat when someone from her past appears. Valerie's cousin's baby has a devastating illness, and Kevin returns to work with Dr Turner.
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Trixie helps a blind mother, Marion, care for her new baby, but trouble starts when Marion's sister calls Social Services…
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Trixie helps a blind mother, Marion, care for her new baby, but trouble starts when Marion's sister calls Social Services to intervene.
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Sister Julienne and Doctor Turner clash over whether to provide a private care service. Then a distressing birth raises fears…
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Sister Julienne and Doctor Turner clash over whether to provide a private care service. Then a distressing birth raises fears of another Thalidomide case.
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Sister Frances finds herself in a tricky situation when a pregnant woman confides in her. Cyril helps a family find…
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Sister Frances finds herself in a tricky situation when a pregnant woman confides in her. Cyril helps a family find shelter after they are evicted from their home. Sister Julienne's new venture hits a stumbling block.
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Sister Hilda and Doctor Turner are involved with a young woman whose health presents a series of challenges. A complicated…
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Sister Hilda and Doctor Turner are involved with a young woman whose health presents a series of challenges. A complicated pregnancy leads the Nonnatus House team on a path of discovery.
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As the World Cup draws near Fred places a risky bet on the final. Nonnatus House welcomes four new pupil…
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As the World Cup draws near Fred places a risky bet on the final. Nonnatus House welcomes four new pupil midwives, Dr Turner meets a 17-year-old boy harboring a desperate secret, and Cyril and Lucille's relationship continues to blossom.
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With sister Hilda away on a refresher course, sister Julienne steps in to carry out home visits. The new pupil…
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With sister Hilda away on a refresher course, sister Julienne steps in to carry out home visits. The new pupil midwives are settling in well, and there is a sense of hope in the air. While examining expectant mother Vera Sands during a routine visit, sister Julienne is concerned by her toddler daughter who is displaying troubling symptoms. Determined to find out what's wrong, sister Julienne and Dr Turner are on the case. Meanwhile, an overly protective mother struggles to cope with her daughter's teenage pregnancy and is insistent on keeping it low key, much to the frustration of new pupil midwife Nancy Corrigan.
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Trixie stirs up controversy in the community when she speaks out on behalf of a patient who is pregnant with…
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Trixie stirs up controversy in the community when she speaks out on behalf of a patient who is pregnant with her fifth child, but whose personal life is far from stable. Dr Turner and Sister Frances try to help a woman who is refusing medical treatment through the last weeks of her pregnancy, and Nancy reveals a secret about her background that could threaten her relationship with Nonnatus House.
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The Nonnatus House staff struggles to come to terms with Nancy's revelation. Sister Frances and Trixie rally the others to…
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The Nonnatus House staff struggles to come to terms with Nancy's revelation. Sister Frances and Trixie rally the others to take a stand and do something about Poplar's growing housing crisis. Sister Hilda relishes taking charge when Sister Julienne takes her annual leave, Timothy Turner prepares to leave for medical school, and Cyril is forced to reconsider his future after he receives news from home. A very special baby is born, causing a rift in a close-knit family and leading many people to count their blessings.
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It's December 1966, and good tidings are in the air. Following a long engagement, Lucille and Cyril are excited about…
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It's December 1966, and good tidings are in the air. Following a long engagement, Lucille and Cyril are excited about their upcoming nuptials and can't wait to get married on Boxing Day. However, as the day approaches, nothing seems to run smoothly, and the wedding ceremony itself is put in jeopardy. While Nancy focuses on her final midwifery examinations, it is all hands on deck as the Nonnatus team prepare for what will inevitably be a busy Christmas. The maternity home is filled with expectant mums-to-be, each with their own challenging case. (from BBC-1 site)
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Demolition work in Poplar uncovers a long-buried secret that leads to a testing and emotional case for the team. Sister…
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Demolition work in Poplar uncovers a long-buried secret that leads to a testing and emotional case for the team. Sister Julienne takes on a sensitive delivery.
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An unforeseen event in Poplar means that Nonnatus House suffers its biggest threat yet. But this time it's not the…
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An unforeseen event in Poplar means that Nonnatus House suffers its biggest threat yet. But this time it's not the bricks and mortar that are in danger - it's the people.
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Nonnatus House faces its darkest day after a tragic incident in the heart of Poplar. As the community rallies together,…
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Nonnatus House faces its darkest day after a tragic incident in the heart of Poplar. As the community rallies together, the team must overcome personal anguish to help the injured.
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Actors movie: Call the Midwife
- Sergeant Woolf
- Reggie Jackson
- Cyril Robinson
- Nurse Delia Busby
- Chummy Noakes
- Jenny Lee
- May Tang
- Nurse Patsy Mount
- Sister Hilda
- Miss Millicent Higgins
- Sister Frances
- Nurse Barbara Gilbert
- PC Peter Noakes
- Nurse Valerie Dyer
- Tom Hereward
- Sister Evangelina
- Nurse Lucille Anderson
- Cynthia Miller
- Sister Winifred
- Violet Buckle
- Angela Turner
- Timothy Turner
- Nurse Phyllis Crane
- Fred Buckle
- Nurse Trixie Franklin
- Sister Monica Joan
- Dr. Patrick Turner
- Mature Jennifer Worth
- Sister Julienne
- Shelagh Turner