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Call the midwife. Series 2 Cover Image DVD DVD

Call the midwife. Series 2 [videorecording] / a Neal Street production for BBC and PBS ; producer, Hugh Warren ; 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: 883929330454
  • Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 555 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [London] : BBC Worldwide ; c2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
For specific added features see item container or interactive features menu while viewing discs.
Originally broadcast on television in 2013.
Title from container.
Participant or Performer Note:
Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Raine, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Miranda Hart, Judy Parfitt.
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Subtitled 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. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Innisfil Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Stroud Branch.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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