SETTING THE SCENE
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Call the Midwife
2012–SERIES
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to the early 1970s.
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THE STORY UNFOLDS
Episodes 06
EPISODE 01Episode 1
Jenny Lee starts her career as a midwife at Nonnatus House in London. She is surprised to find that it is a nursing convent and not a hospital. Her first case is a woman existing her 25th child!
Jan 15, 2012
EPISODE 02Episode 2
A new girl arrives Nonnatus House and finds it hard to earn the respect of Sister Evangelina. Jenny sees an unfamiliar darker side of life following an encounter with a runaway.
Jan 22, 2012
EPISODE 03Episode 3
Jenny does some district nursing to extend her community practice experience and befriends an old soldier with awful leg ulcers. Trixie and Cynthia enrol Winnie Lawson as a new patient.
Jan 29, 2012
EPISODE 04Episode 4
A baby girl is snatched from her pram and the local community unites for the search. Cynthia sees another sort of loss as she tends to soon-to-be parents David and Margaret.
Feb 5, 2012
EPISODE 05Episode 5
When Peggy’s brother is diagnosed with cancer, Jenny and the nuns are called upon to care for him. Jenny gets to know the siblings better. The Nonnatus House residents get involved in Fred’s latest money-making scheme which involves a pig called Evie.
Feb 12, 2012
EPISODE 06Episode 6
When Chummy's imperious mother visits and disapproves of Peter Noakes, Chummy defies her mother and has her wedding on her own terms. Senile Sister Monica Joan is arrested for shoplifting.
Feb 19, 2012
