Call the Midwife

2012

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8.6| 0h30m| TV-PG| en| More Info
Released: 15 January 2012 Returning Series
Producted By: Neal Street Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0118t80
Synopsis

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

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Richard von Schweissguth Obviously I am a man, and will say without any hesitation that we are hooked on this series! My wife and I are best friends and there is nothing more we enjoy than finding a good British series to immerse ourselves together. We have done this for many years, initially finding them in our travels to Britain, and find that British shows seem to "out weigh" our American television on many levels.The subject matter is really unique and absorbing and the acting superb! The complexity of the characters and their interaction, the humor, the secrets, the context, and the weight and undercurrents of its gracious messages have impacted us and continue to do so.So many times it seems that these British series don't last and are canceled just as we are dedicated to them. It is rewarding to see "Call the Midwife" continuing on and we hope it does so for many years to come. We will continue to be fans as long as "Call the Midwife" lives!
maria-ricci-1983 **UPDATE AFTER SEASON 6: If I could mark 11 stars, that would be it. The episodes about the Thalidomide children were hard but very well focused and treated. I am intrigued at how they film the scenes with just born babies in the very hands of the actors, with wide shots, not just close-ups. Call the Midwife is a most humanistic show indeed, focused on believable, realistic positive values. In a time when humanism seems to be disgraced and devalued everywhere, it is most welcome in my screen.***This show is extraordinary.It portrays so vividly the changes of an era in Great Britain, when the latter half of the 20th century blasted into people's daily lives at poor East End London, with all its hopes, marvels, progress, and shifts from a traditional to a modern lifestyle.The performances are brilliant; the characters are as lovable as well-written; the atmosphere is perfectly recreated, and though quite serious health and social issues are crudely shown along the episodes, the tone is always permeated with hope, love and joy of living.We do not come from a Christian upbringing, and I am not a Catholic, but I strongly sympathize with the humanistic and sensible approach of Nonnatus House's team of nuns and midwives, where tolerance, acceptance and care for life ranks higher than dogma or empty beliefs.It is very hard to write a really deep, philosophical and poetic show while maintaining a light-hearted spirit and lots of humour, and Call the Midwife really makes it in a masterly way.I have to say it gets better and better as the seasons pass, always intertwining the main characters' personal stories and individual cases with relevant and updated issues of public health and bioethics.By the way, the admirable British public health system, which made wonders in the 50s and 60s and promoted equal access to safety, well-being and human development, also becomes a magnificent political statement in our own age, all the more appreciated in a retrospective look.There is nothing to complain about of this show, which exerts an honest, compelling, deeply satisfying magnetism on viewers.For those of us who love motherhood, babies and pregnancies, there is the unique plus of rejoicing at the sight of so many just born babies at the moment of delivery, in a remarkably natural and non-sensationalist feat of cinematography. You can feel the unmistakable miracle of life in each episode, with its sufferings and joys, which is so unusual among a current TV grid full of violence, special effects, overt sex, glorified evil and frenzied action.Kudos to BBC! Yes, they have made it again, once more!
josephinefantauzzi i have not read the book but i adore this show though i admit it stirs up a lot of emotions at times. i love the stories of each character though i have to say i am disappointed that Jenny still narrates after she leaves in Season 3 and that you don't see Chummy in Season 4 though her husband is still a police officer in Poplar...where did she disappear to? and the baby? i am hoping that Netflix will add Seasons 5 & 6 relatively soon! i do like that there has been a lot diversity in characters and personalities/religions/backgrounds. and i like that they do touch on the historical events of the time (i.e.: Fred talking about the Cold War).
david-86864 Very touching series, full of the kindest remarks and a giving to others that one seldom witnesses in film. The remarks made by the nuns and nurses are saturated with words that edify and never condemn. Seldom do I shed tears, but with this series I cannot stop them. I want to be like what it is I hear the actors speaking. I want those words to be on the tip of my tongue. Love is life giving, isn't it? From this series, one sees that love is born from the knowledge of and willing obedience to God's set of virtues, not something of man's own making. Even in the hardest sayings is there love to be felt. My applause to the writers and to the actors who are so able to convey this message.