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Call the Midwife

Network
BBC
Genre
Drama
Premiered
15 January, 2012
Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife is a BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and 1960s. It stars Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Helen George, Bryony Hannah, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Judy Parfitt, Cliff Parisi, Stephen McGann, Ben Caplan, Emerald Fennell, Victoria Yeates, Jack Ashton, Linda Bassett, Charlotte Ritchie, Kate Lamb, Jennifer Kirby, Annabelle Apsion and Leonie Elliott. The series is produced by Neal Street Productions, a production company founded and owned by the film director and producer Sam Mendes, Call the Midwife executive producer Pippa Harris, and Caro Newling. The first series, set in 1957, premiered in the United Kingdom on 15 January 2012. The series was created by Heidi Thomas, originally based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth who worked with the Community of St. John the Divine, an Anglican religious order, at their convent in the East End in London.

Genre Period drama
Created by Heidi Thomas
Based on Memoirs of Jennifer Worth
Starring Current, Jenny Agutter, Linda Bassett, Judy Parfitt, Helen George, Laura Main, Leonie Elliott, Stephen McGann, Daniel Laurie, Cliff Parisi, Annabelle Apsion, Ella Bruccoleri, Fenella Woolgar, Georgie Glen, Zephryn Taitte
Narrated by Vanessa Redgrave
Composer(s) Peter Salem, Maurizio Malagnini
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 10
No. of episodes 86
Executive producer(s) Pippa Harris, Heidi Thomas
Producer(s) Annie Tricklebank
Location(s) Poplar, London
Cinematography Chris Seager
Running time 60–90 minutes
Production company(s) Neal Street Productions
Distributor All3Media
Original network BBC One (United Kingdom), PBS (United States)
Picture format 16:9 1080i
Audio format Stereo
Netflix ID 70245163

Informazioni su Call the Midwife

This show follows the lives of a group of midwives living in London in the 1950s and 1960s. The show is based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Realizzazione di Call the Midwife

The show was nominated for its first British Academy Television Award in 2012 for Best Supporting Actress. Linda Bassett and Charlotte Ritchie both joined the cast in season four. 

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