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Call The Midwife

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Call The Midwife

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Call The Midwife

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PBS | BBC | BBC One | Release Date: January 15, 2012

Summary: Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine) begins her job as a midwife at Nonnatus House in London's East End.

Genre(s): Drama

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S12:E8. Episode 8
Air Date: February 26, 2023
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Air Date: February 12, 2023
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Washington Post

Hank Stuever

Sep 14, 2012

Season 1 Review: The cast is marvelous, the gritty, post-war set pieces are meticulously recreated and, even with all the warm-water enemas and splattered afterbirth, the story always has its eye on uplift and good cheer. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Oct 26, 2012

Season 1 Review: This immensely absorbing drama is worth any trouble it takes to catch up with its singular pleasures. Read full review

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People Weekly

Tom Gliatto

Sep 21, 2012

Season 1 Review: This BBC hit is the soppily tender story of '50s midwives in London's East End. [1 Oct 2012, p.38]

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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Sep 28, 2012

Season 1 Review: Once again, PBS delivers the goods--and while it may be too harrowing at times to describe as a bundle of joy, the heart-tugging Call the Midwife is a delight to watch. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara

Sep 28, 2012

Season 1 Review: You will laugh, you will cry and if it seems a bit treacly, it is. Read full review

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Under The Radar

Lily Moayeri

Oct 4, 2021

Season 10 Review: The themes of women’s rights and sociological progress are strong throughout this season. Contraception, that was so controversial in earlier seasons is becoming commonplace. ... Call the Midwife stays in step with its times. Only seven episodes this season is simply not enough. Read full review

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Variety

Brian Lowry

Sep 27, 2012

Season 1 Review: Midwife delivers enough poignant moments to be worth the investment. Read full review

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Xbluannax

Nov 20, 2021

Watched every episode and read the books every single episode is emotional and I don’t want it to ever end.

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HealingToolbox

Aug 14, 2020

Try the Christmas episodes first if you want to know if this is for you or not. I've watched the early seasons. Now watching Season Nine. It unashamedly concerns women's issues, public health issues (tuberculosis, diphtheria, etc among the poor) for the poor and the National Health ServiceTry the Christmas episodes first if you want to know if this is for you or not. I've watched the early seasons. Now watching Season Nine. It unashamedly concerns women's issues, public health issues (tuberculosis, diphtheria, etc among the poor) for the poor and the National Health Service as heroes. Episodes will feel slow if you are wanting more action. First episode is set in 1955 I think. Later years progress into the early 1960s. Acting is top drawer. A minor character with Down's syndrome, African and East Indians immigrating to UK are all handled with compassion, sensitivity and great humanity. Writing is very good to outstanding. When the writing weakens it dips into contrivances. For example in Season Nine a black nurse with a white pregnant mother gets trapped in an elevator. The white mom and black nurse are frosty. The baby has to be delivered in the elevator with only the black nurse attending. When mother and baby come out of the elevator, everyone claps. The white mom confesses to her own personal insecurities and apologizes to the black nurse. That's as bad as the writing gets. I prefer the earlier seasons so far set when the midwife service is just getting going. No one is very sure what is being offered or what's supposed to happen. Sadly one of the early main actresses whom I loved, stepped back to become a producer of the show.

Be careful not to take the medical paradigm here as current gospel. There is zero talk about eating healthy, no talk about vitamins and "all vaccines are good." Call the Midwives did not set out to be progressive; yet, as a major fictional public health success, this seems like a missed opportunity to me in the USA. Perhaps Best Practices in health-diet were much more common in the USA 1950s-1960s.… Expand

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Zumbie101

Oct 13, 2020

Solid period drama, show follows a simaler formula each episode but overall is a happy and pleasent show with some decent characters and writing

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Series Overview
Season 12

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  Air Date: March 19, 2023
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  S12:E8. Episode 8
  Air Date: February 26, 2023
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  S12:E7. Episode 7
  Air Date: February 12, 2023
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  S12:E6. Episode 6
  Air Date: February 5, 2023
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  S12:E5. Episode 5
  Air Date: January 29, 2023
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  S12:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: January 22, 2023
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  S12:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: January 15, 2023
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  S12:E2. Episode 2
  Air Date: January 8, 2023
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  S12:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: March 19, 2023
Season 11

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  Air Date: March 20, 2022
Season 10

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  Air Date: April 18, 2021
Season 9

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  Air Date: January 5, 2020
Season 8

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  Air Date: January 13, 2019
Season 7

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  Air Date: January 21, 2018
Season 6

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  Air Date: January 22, 2017
Season 5

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  Air Date: January 17, 2016
Season 4

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  Air Date: January 18, 2015
Season 3

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  Air Date: January 19, 2014
Season 2

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  Air Date: January 20, 2013
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  Air Date: January 15, 2012