Call the Midwife Season 1

Synopsis

In season one we are introduced to the local community through the eyes of young nurse Jenny Lee as she lives and works as a midwife alongside the Nuns of the Order of St. Raymond of Nonnatus in the deprived Poplar district of London's desperately poor East End in the 1950s.

Main Cast

Vanessa Redgrave

Mature Jenny (voice)

Age : 87 | Popularity : 11%

Jessica Raine

Jenny Lee

Age : 41 | Popularity : 10%

Helen George

Trixie Franklin

Age : 39 | Popularity : 6%

Bryony Hannah

Cynthia Miller

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Miranda Hart

Chummy

Age : 51 | Popularity : 10%

Jenny Agutter

Sister Julienne

Age : 71 | Popularity : 21%

Judy Parfitt

Sister Monica Joan

Age : 88 | Popularity : 9%

Pam Ferris

Sister Evangelina

Age : 75 | Popularity : 44%

Episodes

Episode 1

15 January 2012 - Episode 1

Jenny Lee start her midwife career at Nonnatus House in London. She is surprised to find that it is a nursing convent and not a hospital. Her first case is a woman pregnant for the 25th time!

Episode 2

22 January 2012 - Episode 2

A new girl arrives Nonnatus House and finds it hard to earn the respect of Sister Evangelina. Jenny sees an unfamiliar darker side of life following an encounter with a runaway.

Episode 3

29 January 2012 - Episode 3

Jenny does some district nursing to extend her community practice experience and befriends an old soldier with awful leg ulcers. Trixie and Cynthia enrol Winnie Lawson as a new patient.

Episode 4

05 February 2012 - Episode 4

A baby girl is snatched from her pram and the local community unites for the search. Cynthia sees another sort of loss as she tends to soon-to-be parents David and Margaret.

Episode 5

12 February 2012 - Episode 5

When Peggy’s brother is diagnosed with cancer, Jenny and the nuns are called upon to care for him. Jenny gets to know the siblings better. The Nonnatus House residents get involved in Fred’s latest money-making scheme which involves a pig called Evie.

Episode 6

19 February 2012 - Episode 6

When Chummy's imperious mother visits and disapproves of Peter Noakes, Chummy defies her mother and has her wedding on her own terms. Senile Sister Monica Joan is arrested for shoplifting.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Book	Jennifer Worth
Production	Co-Producer	Tara B. Cook
	Line Producer	Patrick Schweitzer
	Producer	Hugh Warren
	Casting	Andy Pryor
	Unit Manager	Andrew Ryland
	Executive Producer	Pippa Harris Heidi Thomas
Sound	Music	Peter Salem
Camera	Director of Photography	Chris Seager
Art	Art Direction	Leon McCarthy
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Amy Roberts
	Makeup Trainee	Theresa Carey
	Makeup Artist	Natalie Pateman
	Makeup Designer	Christine Walmesley-Cotham
	Hair Designer	Christine Walmesley-Cotham
Directing	Second Assistant Director	Ben Rogers
	Third Assistant Director	Izzi Shearman
Crew	Score Engineer	Jennifer Worthington
Department	Role	Name

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