Call the Midwife
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
Overview
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
Ann Tricklebank
Creator / EP
Ann Tricklebank
Producer
Episodes
1. Episode 1
Jenny Lee start her midwife career at Nonnatus House in London. She is surprised to find that it is a nursing convent and not a hospital. Her first case is a woman pregnant for the 25th time!
2. Episode 2
A new girl arrives Nonnatus House and finds it hard to earn the respect of Sister Evangelina. Jenny sees an unfamiliar darker side of life following an encounter with a runaway.
3. Episode 3
Jenny does some district nursing to extend her community practice experience and befriends an old soldier with awful leg ulcers. Trixie and Cynthia enrol Winnie Lawson as a new patient.
Cast & Crew
Vanessa Redgrave
Jennifer Worth (voice)
Helen George
Trixie Franklin
Jenny Agutter
Sister Julienne
Judy Parfitt
Sister Monica Joan
Cliff Parisi
Fred Burkle
Stephen McGann
Patrick Turner
