Tag Archives: Jessica Raine

‘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 7

By Leah Rozen | Posted on May 13th, 2013

Nonnatus House meets Hell’s Angels. That was what happened in the latest episode of Call the Midwife, with leather-wearing nuns and helmeted midwives zooming about on powerful, low rider hogs through London’s East End in 1958.

‘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 ...

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Get Ready To ‘Hide’!

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 16th, 2013

Dougray Scott, Jessica Raine, Jenna-Louise Coleman and Matt Smith in 'Hide'

Before we get into next week’s horrifying journey into the unknown (and it really is), there’s a little unfinished business with that Ice Warrior still to deal with.

‘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 ...

BBC AMERICA to Premiere ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’ for ‘Doctor Who’ 50th

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on January 29th, 2013

BBC AMERICA has announced casting for 'An Adventure of Space and Time,' a film dramatization of the creation of 'Doctor Who,' which premiered November 23, 1963. David Bradley will play actor William Hartnell, Jessica Raine will play producer Verity Lambert, and Brian Cox has been cast as BBC Head of Drama Sydney Newman. (Photos: AP)

BBC AMERICA is set to premiere An Adventure in Space and Time, a film drama about the creation of Doctor Who, as part of the channel’s celebration of the long-running sci-fi series’ 50th anniversary. Frequent Who ...

‘Call The Midwife’s Jessica Raine: “‘Doctor Who’ Is Magical”

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on January 16th, 2013

Actors must find it strange to wander into the middle of a full-scale cultural phenomenon like a long-running soap or, say, the longest-running science fiction show on television, and just sort of fit in. Especially if it’s not a ...