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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.

Series 13

Jenny Agutter

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Call the Midwife: Series 13: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC One - Call the Midwife, Series 13, Episode 2

Shelagh oversees the care of an expectant mother whose flat is riddled with damp.

The team help a single mother whose flat is riddled with damp whilst Nancy and Dr Turner care for a Sylheti woman with an undiagnosed illness, and Matthew teaches Trixie how to drive.

At Tuesday clinic, Shelagh and Joyce oversee the care of Edna Bristow, a heavily pregnant mother of one, whose husband has left her just days before their baby is due. Edna proves to be quite a difficult patient, but there are greater challenges ahead when it becomes clear that her flat is riddled with damp. 

Meanwhile, at The Shining Tabernacle church, Mrs Wallace believes there is an urgent need for a church building due to the growing congregation. She’s also concerned about worshippers who have stopped attending and asks Cyril to check in on them. As Cyril connects with the Bristow family, he feels at a loss when he’s unable to help and begins to question his career path. 

Nancy and Dr Turner are involved in a worrying medical case with a young Sylheti woman, Sahira Khan. She has been suffering with unexplained symptoms that seem to ebb and flow, but have recently started to worsen. As Dr Turner investigates the cause, Nancy offers support to Sahira and her husband, Ayub. Meanwhile, Nancy decides to attend an RCN Raise the Roof campaign meeting against the wishes of some of her peers.

Trixie has been struggling with the long bus commute to Poplar each day and decides it is time she learnt how to drive. Matthew offers to teach her but soon regrets his decision. Meanwhile, Collette struggles in a sponsored poetry recital as she strives to memorise a long TS Eliot poem.

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