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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 5

Jenny Agutter

Linda Bassett

Judy Parfitt

Helen George

Bryony Hannah

Laura Main

Emerald Fennell

Charlotte Ritchie

Victoria Yeates

Jack Ashton

Stephen McGann

Chloe Harris

Ted Reilly

Hayley Carmichael

Samantha Baines

Becci Gemmell

Ian Burfield

Kate Lamb

Teresa Banham

Dinita Gohil

Gerrard McArthur

Damian Quinn

Maddie Rice

Max Macmillan

Alice Brown

Vanessa Redgrave

Ann Tricklebank

Sheree Folkson

Heidi Thomas

Call the Midwife: Series 5: Episode 4

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Episode 4

Series 5

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A hospital secondment and a difficult birth raise moral questions for Sister Julienne.

The pressures of modern Britain reach Poplar as a hospital secondment and a difficult birth raise moral questions for Sister Julienne. Trixie and Tom help a family breaking apart.

As the modern world begins to encroach on traditional Poplar life, everyone is starting to notice the changes. On secondment at a busy local hospital, Sister Julienne is impressed by the medical advances that are saving the lives of mothers and babies. But a traumatic birth raises moral questions for her which she struggles to answer.

As the medical world is changing, so is society at large, with opportunities in education increasingly open to all. Despite his working class background, Ian is overjoyed to be accepted into university and embraces his chance to escape Poplar, much to the disappointment of his more traditional mother Sadie. But his plans appear to be in ruins when girlfriend Linda falls pregnant. Trixie and Tom help the family, which begins to break apart under the pressure of this unplanned pregnancy.

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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. The team at Nonnatus House return for a fifth series.

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