Tag Archives: Call the Midwife Recap

‘Call the Midwife’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 8

By Leah Rozen | Posted on May 20th, 2013

Season two of Call the Midwife comes an end. (PBS)

There were happy endings and new beginnings even as possible threats gathered on the horizon by the time the end credits rolled on the Season 2 finale of Call the Midwife, the popular BBC-produced series that airs on PBS in the U.S.

‘Call the Midwife’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 6

By Leah Rozen | Posted on May 6th, 2013

Cynthia and Trixie distributing pamphlets about the X-rays. (PBS)

This week’s episode of Call the Midwife, the British series about a group of nurses and nuns who see to the medical needs of the poor living in London’s East End in the late 1950s, was a solid one. It lacked only in an appearance ...

‘Call the Midwife’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 5

By Leah Rozen | Posted on April 29th, 2013

Trixie Franklin falls for the charming Clifford Raines. (PBS)

In an episode that would spark massive controversy if it were on an American TV show, the focus was squarely on birth control and abortion in the latest chapter of Call the Midwife, the popular BBC show that airs on the PBS in the U.S.

‘Call the Midwife’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 4

By Leah Rozen | Posted on April 22nd, 2013

Her confidence may be growing with each case that she handles but Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine), the young nurse-midwife who’s the heroine of Call the Midwife, realizes that she doesn’t have all the answers in this especially strong ...

‘Call the Midwife’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 3

By Leah Rozen | Posted on April 15th, 2013

No Chummy. Fans of the strapping midwife had to go cold turkey during the third episode of this season’s Call the Midwife as the character of Chummy, so memorably played by Miranda Hart, is off in Sierra Leone with her policeman ...

‘Call the Midwife’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 1

By Leah Rozen | Posted on April 1st, 2013

Some 'Call the Midwife' cast members, left to right: Helen George as Trixie, Bryony Hannah as Cynthia, Jessica Raine as Jenny and Miranda Hart as Chummy. (Laurence Cendrowicz/© Neal Street Productions)

Call the Midwife, the hit British TV show about nurse-midwives tending to the poor in London’s East End slums in the late 1950s, began its second season on PBS last night with an entertaining episode that brought back familiar ...