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Call the Midwife

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Drama set in London's East End during the 1950s, based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

A heart-warming tale of life in London's hard-up East End. Midwives welcome new lives in the changing times of the 50s and 60s.

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Call the Midwife: Series 1

Jessica Raine

Jenny Agutter

Pam Ferris

Miranda Hart

Judy Parfitt

Helen George

Bryony Hannah

Laura Main

Cliff Parisi

Elizabeth Rider

Sean Baker

George Rainsford

Stephen McGann

Ben Caplan

Jake Davies

Sarah Counsell

Candis Nergaard

Brett Allen

Vanessa Redgrave

Heidi Thomas

Hugh Warren

Jamie Payne

Call the Midwife: Series 1: Episode 5

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Episode 5

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Peggy's brother Frank is diagnosed with cancer. Fred hopes to make a fortune from bacon.

Drama based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth about midwifery in East London in the 1950s. Peggy's brother Frank is diagnosed with cancer. Fred hopes to make a fortune from bacon.

An episode in which Jenny finds herself for once not involved in the beginning of life, but at its end.

When Frank, the brother of Peggy, the cleaner at Nonnatus House, is diagnosed with cancer, Jenny and the nuns are called upon to provide him with care. In doing so, Jenny comes to know the siblings better, learning of their upbringing in a workhouse and the profound effect it has had on their relationship. 

As Jenny tends to Frank, the other residents of Nonnatus House find themselves involved in helping Fred with his latest money-making venture - a pig called Evie. Fred's plan had been to make his fortune from bacon, but this is scuppered when they realise the pig is pregnant. The nuns and nurses help out Fred and Evie in the manner they know best.

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A newly-qualified midwife begins her career alongside an order of nursing nuns.

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