I stumbled onto this series via Netflix and i am sad i did not catch it when it was being currently broadcast. however, since i am catching up i am binge watching and fully enjoying this.granted, this is taking place in London and, being that i am the United States, i find the information regarding the times, conditions, etc. to be interesting. not that there wasn't such conditions here in the states as my grandmother, a nurse, could have attested. the naïve desire to help that is established in the first episode that jenny possessed is gradually eroded with the hard facts of life in the east end. as she admits to herself and others, she has never been exposed to the sights and conditions she works in and, through time, learns to navigate through the trials, superstitions, traditions of the times.the other nurses seem to be true representatives of the kind of nurses that my grandmother described to me. there is the professional side of their duties but, in reality, they were young women just beginning their lives, wanting to enjoy themselves even in the confines of a religious house. above this all, the sisters of the house show that they have learned to balance their devotion to g-d as well as the facts of the life that their community lives and contends with. they try to remain as non judgmental but, being human, they are subjected to failing to do so consistently. their humanity they exhibit within the parameters of their faith system is amazing and it makes me feel that i wish there were more examples of it in real life and not just in good pseudo-nonfiction.if there is anyone who would like to experience the lives of women living together, both secular and non-secular, working under very trying and sometimes deprivation from what we now consider the ordinary and expected, watching the series. i can hardly wait until i catch up with the new episodes since i am just entering season 3.

Call the Midwife is an awesome series, and probably the best currently on television. The story lines are excellent and seems to be, for the most part, historically correct and accurate. This series is based on the best-selling memoirs, Call the Midwife, by Jennifer Worth, who died six months before the first episode aired. The series depicts, in part, and has been expanded upon, her work as a district nurse and midwife in the East End of London during the 1950's and 1960's. Obviously, story lines needed to be expanded to create a long-running series such as this, but that does not hinder the enjoyment of the program, and in fact, probably adds to it, as it allows for development of new and existing characters. Every single cast member is believable. The acting of everyone is phenomenal and realistic. The writers have done an exceptional job with the scripts. The sets seem to be relatively accurate for the time period. You couldn't ask for a better more realistic series. While some reviewers have complained that this strays away a little from the memoirs, I can't see that anyone could expect a long running series not do so. When Jennifer Worth was writing her memoirs, she was writing them as a memoir and not in preparation for a long running television probgram. For this to have worked for television, , more needed to be added, and the script writers have done it in an exceptional way.

I used to love this show and still like a few characters, but it's becoming so politically correct, I'm starting to hate it. A snow lady, really? And I'm sure that back in the '60's racists were considered ignorant and rude, as this show suggests. You've talked enough about discrimination, you've had a lesbian couple, enough with your progressive agenda already. Not to mention how hard it is to buy the Alexandra-Trixie moment. It was love at first sight, they spend so much time together and all of a sudden she's been wetting her bed for a month because of Trixie.It looks like you've just run out of ideas and are desperately trying to find a plot twist, just like when Trixie outed herself as an alcoholic - that came out of nowhere, just like her breakup with Christopher.

At the risk of gushing about this series, I can't even begin to put in words how wonderful "Call The Midwife" is. For many of us who are mid-century babies, these women -- both nurses and the maternity patients -- are very much like our own mothers in those years. Even the soundtrack can take you back decades in a single song note - - my Mom and Dad's music. There are some reminders, too, about what parents no longer have to face, like polio, diphtheria, thalidomide, epidemics of measles (I was caught up in one in the early 60s, remember it vividly and it was horrible. They thought I might lose my sight and thus was kept in a darkened room for which seemed like an eternity.) It's a blessing my children and others never had to go through any of it. There are wonderful actors throughout the series, many kudos to the casting director. The wonderful Judy Parfitt is my favorite as the mischievous but lovable Sister Monica Joan but her role is, at times, heartbreaking as she descends and ascends through stages of dementia sometimes confused but always eloquent -- an octogenarian Ophelia. I'm very impressed with the actress, Jessica Raine. She plays Nurse Jenny Lee with a great range of emotions without making it maudlin or silly. I'm also struck by her uncanny resemblance to a young (and beautiful) Judy Garland -- even if Garland's looks came at the expense of surgery. Helen George as Trixie is great and perfect as the 1960s modern girl. (She reminds me so much of my older cousins at that time though they were much sillier.) Miranda Hart is AHmazing as Chummy! And, of course, you can't not mention Cliff Parisi as Fred Buckle with his many "schemes." Halfway through the series, Nurse Phyllis Crane (Linda Bassett) is introduced. She may rub wrong at first but her heart is just as golden as the others. She also played in another favorite of mine, the series "From Lark Rise to Candleford" as the wonderful and wise Queenie. And throughout these immaculately told stories is the redoubtable Jenny Agutter as Sister Julienne, always kind and stalwart.There have been some comments on whether London's East End in the 50s and 60s has been portrayed accurately. I don't know about then but when living in London in the 70s, I had been through the slums and what is shown on the show is a bit on the rosy side. But then again it is television.Don't miss out on this series. You'll be missing out on so very much. And especially on some well told stories about humanity, the goodness of people's hearts, the heartbreak we all face and that life goes on.