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Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife is a moving and intimate insight into the colorful world of midwifery and family life in 1950’s East London. The series aired September 30 - November 4.

Latest Episodes

Season 2 | Episode 8 Air date: 05-20-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365013284/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false In the Season 2 finale, Chummy and PC Noakes meet with new challenges as they settle back into life in Poplar. Fred is in high spirits when his pregnant daughter, Dolly arrives to stay with him. Jenny’s has a potential love interest. Old buildings are demolished to make new way for new flats, a... /episodes/get/8771 /episode/8771 Call the Midwife: Season 2 | Episode 8 /episode-player/8771
Season 2, Episode 7 Air date: 05-13-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365010114/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false On Cynthia’s district rounds, she administers daily insulin to a man who consistently belittles his wife, Annie. Jenny witnesses persecution of a different kind when she looks after a black mother-to-be who is subjected to racial prejudice from neighbors. Fred teaches the midwives to ride a scooter... /episodes/get/8743 /episode/8743 Call the Midwife: Season 2, Episode 7 /episode-player/8743
Season 2 | Episode 6 Air date: 05-06-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365005701/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Dr. Turner is determined that Poplar will no longer live under the threat of tuberculosis. While the nuns and nurses support his campaign to bring screening facilities to the area, Jenny’s nursing rounds lead her to a family that has suffered devastating misfortune from the disease. Now, Jenny... /episodes/get/8698 /episode/8698 Call the Midwife: Season 2 | Episode 6 /episode-player/8698
Season 2 | Episode 5 Air date: 04-29-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365002776/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The whole Poplar community pulls together to prepare for the annual Summer Fete. At the ante-natal clinic, Jenny meets Nora, an impoverished mother of eight, who is distraught that she may soon have another mouth to feed. Jenny’s attempts to reassure her fall on deaf ears, and a desperate Nora... /episodes/get/8649 /episode/8649 Call the Midwife: Season 2 | Episode 5 /episode-player/8649
Season 2 | Episode 4 Air date: 04-22-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2364997843/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Returning from her stint at the London Hospital, Jenny needs all her midwifery skill when she and Sister Evangelina assist at the birth of a baby born with spina bifida. Nonnatus House, meanwhile, plays host to an acquaintance of Chummy’s — an eccentric cleric who befriends Jane. /episodes/get/8576 /episode/8576 Call the Midwife: Season 2 | Episode 4 /episode-player/8576
Season 2 | Episode 3 Air date: 04-15-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2364994347/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Jenny is assigned to a short-staffed London Hospital, finding herselfuneasy when she finds herself working under an intimidating surgeon. Back in Poplar, Jane, a new addition to the household, lends a hand in Jenny’s absence. The nuns and midwives meet a forthright pair of identical twins, one of... /episodes/get/8519 /episode/8519 Call the Midwife: Season 2 | Episode 3 /episode-player/8519
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Season 1 | Episode 1
In the spring of 1957, newly minted midwife Jenny Lee arrives in the East End of London to begin her career. After overcoming the initial shock that her new home, Nonnatus House, is a convent and not a private hospital, she quickly becomes immersed in her new life.
Air date: 09/30/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2284744812/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false In the spring of 1957, newly minted midwife Jenny Lee arrives in the East End of London to begin her career. After overcoming the initial shock that her new home, Nonnatus House, is a convent and not a private hospital, she quickly becomes immersed in her new life. /episodes/get/5756 /episode/5756 Call the Midwife: Season 1 | Episode 1 /episode-player/5756
Season 1 | Episode 2
As Jenny Lee settles into her role, there is a new arrival at Nonnatus House ? Chummy. A welcome pair of extra hands, Chummy sets about showing her worth, but her overwhelming desire to please and her inability to ride a bike prove obstacles in gaining the respect of Sister Evangelina. Meanwhile,...
Air date: 10/07/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2287561473/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false As Jenny Lee settles into her role, there is a new arrival at Nonnatus House ? Chummy. A welcome pair of extra hands, Chummy sets about showing her worth, but her overwhelming desire to please and her inability to ride a bike prove obstacles in gaining the respect of Sister Evangelina. Meanwhile,... /episodes/get/5757 /episode/5757 Call the Midwife: Season 1 | Episode 2 /episode-player/5757
Season 1 | Episode 3
Jenny is placed on the district nursing roster for a few weeks, to extend her experience of community practice. During her rounds, she attends to Joe, a gentle old soldier, and a friendship forms. At the neonatal clinic, Trixie and Cynthia enroll Winnie as a new patient. In her 40s, Winnie, who...
Air date: 10/15/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2289885026/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Jenny is placed on the district nursing roster for a few weeks, to extend her experience of community practice. During her rounds, she attends to Joe, a gentle old soldier, and a friendship forms. At the neonatal clinic, Trixie and Cynthia enroll Winnie as a new patient. In her 40s, Winnie, who... /episodes/get/5956 /episode/5956 Call the Midwife: Season 1 | Episode 3 /episode-player/5956
Season 1 | Episode 4
A baby girl, recently delivered by Jenny, is snatched from her baby carriage, causing great anguish to her family and uniting the local community as they search for the missing child. Meanwhile, Cynthia witnesses another type of loss as she assists in the case of soon-to-be parents David and...
Air date: 10/21/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2291319164/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false A baby girl, recently delivered by Jenny, is snatched from her baby carriage, causing great anguish to her family and uniting the local community as they search for the missing child. Meanwhile, Cynthia witnesses another type of loss as she assists in the case of soon-to-be parents David and... /episodes/get/5996 /episode/5996 Call the Midwife: Season 1 | Episode 4 /episode-player/5996
Season 1 | Episode 5
Jenny finds herself for once not involved in the beginning of life, but at its end. When Nonnatus House cleaner Peggy?s brother Frank is diagnosed with cancer, Jenny and the nuns are called upon to care for him. As Jenny tends to Frank, the other residents of Nonnatus House become involved in...
Air date: 10/28/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2292256648/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Jenny finds herself for once not involved in the beginning of life, but at its end. When Nonnatus House cleaner Peggy?s brother Frank is diagnosed with cancer, Jenny and the nuns are called upon to care for him. As Jenny tends to Frank, the other residents of Nonnatus House become involved in... /episodes/get/6050 /episode/6050 Call the Midwife: Season 1 | Episode 5 /episode-player/6050
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