Call the Midwife: The Casebook

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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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15/01/2017

The Casebook

BBC One - Call the Midwife, The Casebook

The history of childbirth in the 1950s and 60s and its portrayal in the drama series.

Documentary. Stephen McGann, who plays Dr Patrick Turner in drama series Call the Midwife, explores social and medical changes in the 1950s and 60s relating to childbirth.

Documentary in which Stephen McGann, who plays Dr Patrick Turner in drama series Call the Midwife, explores the social and medical changes that took place in the 1950s and 60s relating to childbirth.

Along the way, Stephen meets midwives, nuns and doctors who helped deliver babies during the period.

As well as archive footage and expert interviews, the programme features clips from past editions of Call the Midwife, footage of the new sixth series and an interview with creator and writer Heidi Thomas.

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