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One thing leads to another on this week's Call the Midwife. Treating a maternity patient with serious dental issues results in romance for Nurse Franklin. The Buckles take in a young man with special needs who has nowhere to go and, in the process, we also discover that
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Despite the backdrop of a close-knit community celebrating the opening of a new park with maypole dances and chariot races, tough decisions and despair dominate in this week’s Call the Midwife. Mothers who can’t bear children are juxtaposed against those who can but can’t afford to keep
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In this week’s episode of Call the Midwife, Sister Ursula’s obsession with efficiency contributes to a near fatal oversight. The Turners' maternity home faces the threat of closure and Shelagh suffers a dangerous setback in her miraculous pregnancy. Finally, a sorely missed member of the Nonnatus crew
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The new season of Call the Midwife continues this week, as the regime of Sister Ursula goes on; the confiscating of candy from an elderly nun being just one example of her new, lean approach. The troops, however, are getting a bit mutinous. We’ve always known that the Nonnatus
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Welcome back to Call the Midwife Season 6! I’m looking forward to recapping another series and chatting with my fellow Midwife fans about it. We already know that the show has been renewed for three more seasons beyond this one so we’re nowhere near the end. Nonetheless, if
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If you thought the series five finale of Call the Midwife was going to be a run of the mill episode, by now you know you were sadly mistaken. Sure, we start with Dr. Turner bemoaning the restrictive regulations placed on his beloved contraceptive pill and are introduced to yet
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Autumn is approaching in Poplar as evidenced by the glut of donated apples left on the doorstep of Nonnatus House. Plus there’s a simultaneous full moon and a big storm brewing. How much foreshadowing do we need to understand that a mini-baby boom is on its way? I’m
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I’m getting the feeling this series of Call the Midwife is very much about making us aware that the sixties, though modern in many of our minds, was not an enlightened time for women. In this episode we encounter a girl whose life is compromised by concerns for her
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This week’s installment of Call the Midwife focuses on stories about the importance of self-esteem, open-mindedness and unconditional love. Some of the characters who have been in the foreground recently fade back to let others into the spotlight for a time. Let’s revisit what happened to the residents
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As the sisters of Nonnatus House prepare for a special service honoring Sister Hildegard, the first of their order to serve in Poplar, it was a week of upheaval. A young man’s dreams are shattered only to be given a second chance. Tears are back full force as Sister
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This week’s Call the Midwife reliably delivered another dose of medical drama, hope, kindness and innocent romance. Not to mention another unthinkable example of how women suffer for their indiscretions while the men go basically scot-free. Let’s get on with the summarizing, shall we? (In case you need
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I’m assuming we’ve all watched episode two and are ready to relive it, right? Because, as you know, this one traverses a rollercoaster of emotions; love, loss, anxiety, hope and disappointment! So if you’ve girded your loins, let’s crack on with the recap. Nurse Gilbert and