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Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

"In 1950's London, they delivered hope for all."

7.5
2012 52 min Returning Series
Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Kathryn Wilder
as Audrey Fleming
2 episodes
Megan Cusack
as Nurse Nancy Corrigan
28 episodes
Trevor Cooper
as Sergeant Woolf
13 episodes
Jenny Agutter
as Sister Julienne
117 episodes
Daniel Laurie
as Reggie Jackson
22 episodes
Dorothy Atkinson
as Jane Sutton
6 episodes
Cheryl Campbell
as Lady Browne
3 episodes
Alice Brown
as Angela Turner
69 episodes
Nina De Cosimo
as Lizzie
2 episodes
Jack Hawkins
as Christopher Dockerill
9 episodes
Pam Ferris
as Sister Evangelina
38 episodes
Jack Colgrave Hirst
as Derek Fleming
2 episodes
George Rainsford
as Jimmy
7 episodes
Sherry Baines
as Mrs. Litchcroft
2 episodes
Liz White
as Rhoda Mullucks
3 episodes
Maxine Evans
as Mrs. Busby
3 episodes
Zephryn Taitte
as Cyril Robinson
38 episodes
Linda Hargreaves
as Mrs. Wallace
17 episodes
Laura Main
as Shelagh 'Sister Bernadette' Turner
101 episodes
Fenella Woolgar
as Sister Hilda
31 episodes
Bryony Hannah
as Cynthia Miller
42 episodes
Scarlett Courtney
as Pupil Midwife Janice Cowan
3 episodes
Leo Staar
as Alec Jesmond
4 episodes
Max Macmillan
as Timothy Turner
63 episodes
Tipper Seifert-Cleveland
as Alexandra Dockerill
4 episodes
Amanda Daniels
as Nurse Mills
2 episodes
Vanessa Redgrave
as Jennifer Worth (voice)
117 episodes
Helen George
as Trixie Franklin
117 episodes
Miranda Hart
as Chummy Noakes
24 episodes
Natalie Quarry
as Pupil Midwife Rosalind Clifford
8 episodes
Ann Mitchell
as Elsie Dyer
5 episodes
Jake Bailey
as Jack Smith
5 episodes
Victoria Yeates
as Sister Winifred
48 episodes
Cliff Parisi
as Fred Burkle
117 episodes
April Rae Hoang
as May Tang
40 episodes
Colin Young
as Jacob
2 episodes
Annabelle Apsion
as Violet Buckle
69 episodes
Ella Bruccoleri
as Sister Frances
31 episodes
Karene Peter
as Pupil Midwife Georgette Bains
3 episodes
Jessica Raine
as Jenny Lee
22 episodes

Crew

Director
Christiana Ebohon-Green Corin Campbell-Hill Ruth Platt Roger Goldby Rebecca Johnson Sydney Macartney Darcia Martin Juliet May Thea Sharrock Emma Sullivan Dominic Leclerc Jamie Payne Sarah Esdaile Thomas Hescott Lisa Clarke David O'Neill James Larkin Minkie Spiro Jo Southwell Thaddeus O'Sullivan Amy Neil
Stunts
Xavier Lake
Makeup Trainee
Theresa Carey
Art Direction
Leon McCarthy
Score Engineer
Jennifer Worthington
Director of Photography
Kate Reid
Second Assistant Director
Ben Rogers
First Assistant Director
Patrick James Stephens
Hair Designer
Christine Walmesley-Cotham
Third Assistant Director
Izzi Shearman

Crew Similarity

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Keywords

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Details

First Aired
January 15, 2012
Status
Returning Series
Episode Runtime
52 minutes
Origin
GB
TMDB Votes
250