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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.

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

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Call the Midwife: Series 3

Jessica Raine

Jenny Agutter

Pam Ferris

Miranda Hart

Judy Parfitt

Helen George

Bryony Hannah

Laura Main

Victoria Yeates

Ben Caplan

Stephen McGann

Cliff Parisi

Max Macmillan

Rosalind March

Colin Young

Sarah Gordy

Katie Maguire

Jack Ashton

Elsie Marquez

Emerald Fennell

Tony Turner

Debra Gillett

Jim Conway

Dominic Borrelli

Holly Augustine

Stuart Birmingham

Vanessa Redgrave

Hugh Warren

China Moo-Young

Heidi Thomas

Call the Midwife: Series 3: Episode 5

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Episode 5

Series 3

BBC One - Call the Midwife, Series 3, Episode 5

Chummy and Cynthia meet a young woman with Down's syndrome who is found to be pregnant.

Drama about a group of midwives in 1950s London. A young woman with Down's syndrome is found to be pregnant, and the nuns organise celebrations for Sister Evangelina's jubilee.

When a young woman with Down's syndrome is discovered pregnant, sinister circumstances are assumed. Meanwhile, as the nuns organise celebrations for Sister Evangelina's jubilee, Nonnatus House greets new midwife Patsy. Elsewhere, Timothy Turner takes his first steps without his callipers.

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A moving and intimate insight into the colourful world of midwifery in 1950s East London.

A moving and intimate insight into the colourful world of midwifery and family life in 1950s East London. Nurse Jenny Lee and her colleagues return for a third series.

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