3 videodiscs (505 minutes) :sound, colour ;4 3/4 inches
Based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
Title from container.
Disc 1.Episodes 1-3.
Disc 2.Episodes 4-6.
Disc 3.Episodes 7-8.
Vanessa Redgrave, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt, Helen George, Laura Main, Charlotte Ritchie, Linda Bassett.
The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
For private home use only.
In English with English subtitles ; Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
1.Female friendship--England--London--Fiction.2.Midwives--England--London--Fiction.3.Nuns--England--London--Fiction.4.Poor--England--London--Fiction.5.Poverty--England--London--Fiction.6.Pregnant women--England--London--Fiction.7.Childbirth--England--London--History--20th century--Fiction.Dynamic Details