Call the Midwife
Rock SolidEvery season landed between 8.2 and 8.6 across 15 seasons.
Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10MedicalHospitals, medicine and doctors under pressure.This show: 8/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 8/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 8/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 8/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 8/10Working classOrdinary people, ordinary money, real stakes.This show: 7/10WholesomeKindness and decency at the core, with barely a trace of cynicism.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jenny AgutterVanessa RedgraveLaura MainStephen McGannJudy ParfittCliff Parisi
Written by
Heidi Thomas
Starring
Jenny AgutterVanessa RedgraveLaura MainStephen McGannJudy ParfittCliff Parisi
Written by
Heidi Thomas
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Call the Midwife Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | |||
| S2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.9 | |
| S3 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.9 | |
| S4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | |
| S5 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 9.1 | |
| S6 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.8 | |
| S7 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 9.0 | |
| S8 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.6 | |
| S9 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.6 | |
| S10 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.6 | |
| S11 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.9 | |
| S12 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.9 | |
| S13 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.7 | |
| S14 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.5 | |
| S15 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 9.4 |
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"Everyday births, unglamorous heroism, decades of quiet warmth"
Set in a poor East London district in the late 1950s, this drama follows a group of young nurse-midwives working alongside nuns at Nonnatus House, delivering babies and caring for struggling families. Each episode centers on a patient story woven into the wider lives of the staff, with the district's social hardships, medical limits of the era, and quiet acts of kindness driving the emotion. The tone is warm and often moving rather than gritty, paced gently, and it leans on strong ensemble performances and period detail to carry episodic stories that still land with real feeling.
Watch it for
the way small, ordinary human stories build into something quietly devastating and uplifting.
Maybe skip if
you want serialized plotting rather than warm, self-contained episodic stories each week.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Series 12012
8.34K65h 24m
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.
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Series 22013
8.55K98h 35m
The second season sees young nurse Jenny Lee continue her work as a midwife in the local community alongside the Nuns of the Order of St. Raymond of Nonnatus.
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Series 32014
8.65K99h 9m
This season, Chummy, PC Noakes and baby Freddy are back in the East End and Jenny faces huge challenges both personally and professionally.
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Series 42015
8.44K99h 6m
Season four finds the community preparing to enter a new decade - the 1960s. Nurse Trixie receives a proposal from handsome young curate Tom Hereward. Nurse Cynthia starts to think seriously about joining the order as a nun, something that shocks both Trixie and Patsy. And an unexpected set of events sees Chummy take on the challenge of running a mother and baby home for unmarried girls.
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Series 52016
8.64K98h 58m
In season five, Sister Monica Joan goes missing at Christmas time leaving the nuns and nurses distraught. Shelagh rushes to put together a children’s choir in time for a BBC broadcast from the church. Elsewhere Trixie, having battled through her issues with alcohol, finds a new purpose in her keep fit classes. And could friendship blossom into something more for vicar Tom Hereward and Barbara?
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Series 62017
8.44K99h 15m
It is now 1962, and the Nonnatus House team are as committed to caring for the people of Poplar as always. However, the social revolution in the outside world is mirrored by change and challenge much closer to home. As they strive to help mothers and families cope with the demands of childbearing, disability, disease and social prejudice, our beloved medics must make choices - and fight battles - of their own. Series six will see them laugh together, cry together, and pull together, supporting each other as never before.
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Series 72018
8.54K99h 5m
In series seven, the nuns and nurses are tested as they have never been before, both personally and professionally. All around them they see the old East End vanishing, as slum clearances make way for bold new tower blocks to accommodate expanding communities. Their work brings them into contact with a wide range of challenges, from leprosy and stroke, to Huntington's chorea, cataracts and unmarried mothers. Trixie's romance with Christopher continues to develop, while Tom and Barbara enjoy life as a married couple. Nurse Crane finds her authority questioned from an unexpected quarter and Sister Monica Joan is forced to accept her failing faculties. Meanwhile, life for the Turners is turned upside down when Shelagh decides to employ an au pair.
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Series 82019
8.53K99h 5m
It is now 1964 and it's evident how the times are changing: from the beacon of the contraceptive pill and the shadow of the 1967 Abortion Act, to the introduction of a new cancer-screening program. The nuns and nurses continue to face a variety of challenging issues including interracial adoption, cleft palate, sickle cell and cot death. And for one of the team, romance could be on the horizon.
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Series 92020
8.43K99h 21m
The medics and midwives of Nonnatus House are entering a bold and innovative era. They face unexpected challenges as the population shifts, rules change, and old diseases come back to haunt them. Meanwhile, their own experiences are fueled by love, loss, and doubt. And the very future of Nonnatus House comes under threat.
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Series 102021
8.43K99h 29m
It’s 1966, and it’s a testing time for the midwives. But there’s excitement, too, as the women’s rights movement intensifies. With Trixie’s help, Sister Julienne is determined to steer Nonnatus House out of its financial quandary.
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Series 112022
8.53K99h 29m
Following an eventful Christmas, the midwives return to their rounds in East London in Easter 1967. Celebrations are underway for a colourful Easter Bonnet parade outside Nonnatus House. Sister Monica Joan and Reggie are excited about the Eurovision song contest and Nancy, having just passed her midwifery examinations, is about to don her red cardigan for the first time.
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Series 122023
8.32K99h 29m
It's 1968 and Enoch Powell's infamous "Rivers of Blood" speech creates serious tension in Poplar, especially when a group of dockers march in support of Powell. The midwives welcome a new nun, Sister Veronica, who's an instant hit with everyone - except Nurse Crane. Meanwhile, Trixie's relationship with Matthew goes from strength to strength, while Nurse Crane helps Nancy with her financial woes. Sister Julienne enjoys helping out on the district rounds, Shelagh and Dr Turner split their time between the busy maternity home and their lively young family, while Reggie continues to bring joy into Violet and Fred's lives.
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Series 132024
8.32K99h 8m
It is now 1969 and more babies are being born in hospital than ever before. Pressure on maternity beds remains extremely high across the country but Poplar is coping better than most due to the work of Nonnatus House and the popularity of home births under the auspices of the Sisters.
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Series 142025
8.22K87h 43m
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Series 152026
8.41K97h 42m
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Jenny Agutter Sister Julienne
Vanessa Redgrave Mature Jennifer Worth, Mature Jenny
Laura Main Nurse Shelagh Turner, Shelagh Turner, Sister Bernadette
Stephen McGann Dr. Patrick Turner, Dr. Turner
Judy Parfitt Sister Monica Joan
Cliff Parisi Fred Buckle
Helen George Nurse Trixie Franklin, Trixie Franklin, Nurse Trixie Aylward
Linda Bassett Nurse Phyllis Crane, Phyllis Crane
Annabelle Apsion Violet Buckle, Violet Gee
Alice Brown Angela Turner
Crew
Heidi Thomas
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