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Call the midwife. Season 1 Cover Image DVD DVD

Call the midwife. Season 1 [videorecording] / a Neal Street production for BBC ; series created and written by Heidi Thomas.

Summary:

A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the '50s. Based on the bestselling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty, and life itself. But Jenny is brought up to speed fast once she joins a team of midwives who provide care to the poorest women.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781622243112 :
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [London] : BBC Worldwide ; c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
Originally broadcast on television in 1996.
Special features: Wimples, babies and bicycles.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Episodes 1-3.
Disc 2. Episodes 4-6 -- Bonus features.
Participant or Performer Note:
Vanessa Redgrave, Pam Ferris, Jessica Raine, Helen George, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt, Miranda Hart.
Target Audience Note:
PG.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9 enhanced); stereo.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subject: Worth, Jennifer, 1935- > Fiction.
Childbirth > England > London > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Midwives > England > London > Fiction.
Nuns > England > London > Fiction.
Poor > England > London > Fiction.
Poverty > England > London > Fiction.
Pregnant women > England > London > Fiction.
Television programs.
East End (London, England) > Social conditions > 20th century > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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