Call the Midwife
"In 1950's London, they delivered hope for all."
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.
First Aired
January 15, 2012
Last Aired
January 18, 2026
Original Language
en
Popularity
37
Type
Scripted
Official Website
Production Companies
BBC
Neal Street Productions
Seasons & Episodes
Episodes
In season one we are introduced to the local community through the eyes of young nurse Jenny Lee as she lives and works as a midwife alongside the Nuns of the Order of St. Raymond of Nonnatus in the deprived Poplar district of London's desperately poor East End in the 1950s.
Cast
Vanessa Redgrave
Jennifer Worth (voice)
Helen George
Trixie Franklin
Jenny Agutter
Sister Julienne
Judy Parfitt
Sister Monica Joan
Cliff Parisi
Fred Burkle
Stephen McGann
Patrick Turner
Laura Main
Shelagh 'Sister Bernadette' Turner
Linda Bassett
Phyllis Crane
Alice Brown
Angela Turner
Annabelle Apsion
Violet Buckle, Violet Gee
Max Macmillan
Timothy Turner
Victoria Yeates
Sister Winifred
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