Philippa Lowthorpe
Series
Call the Midwife volume 7
Pub. Date
2018.
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"True-to-life look at the exhilarating stories of a midwife in poverty-stricken East London in the 1950s"--Container.
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Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
Series
Call the midwife volume Season 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Call the midwife is a moving, intimate, funny, and above all, true-to-life look at the exhilarating stories of a midwife in povery-stricken East London in the 1950s, based on Jennifer Worth's best-selling memoirs.
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the '50s. Based on the bestselling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty, and life itself. But Jenny is brought up to speed fast once she joins a team of midwives who provide care to the poorest women.
8) Misbehaviour
Pub. Date
[2020]
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In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head. Misbehaviour tells the sensational true story of the Women's Liberation Movement's disruption of the 1970 Miss World pageant, an event watched by more than 100 million viewers, and which made headlines around the world. Not only that, when order was restored, the first woman of color was crowned Miss World....
9) Misbehaviour
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Based on the incredible true story. In a matter of hours, a global audience of more than 100 million viewers had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head. Starring Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Motherless Brooklyn), Jessie Buckley (Chernobyl), Keeley Hawes (High-Rise), Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill), Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread), and Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine),...
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SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS follows four children who dream of escaping from the tedium of a summer holiday. When finally given permission to camp on their own on a remote island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they arrive, they discover they may not be alone and a desperate yet whimsical battle for ownership of the island ensues, where both skill and luck play a hand. Simultaneously, the dangers of an adult world, on the brink...
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Series
Call the Midwife volume 4
Description
A baby girl, recently delivered by Jenny, is snatched from her carriage, causing great anguish to her family and uniting the local community as they search for the missing child. Meanwhile Cynthia witnesses another type of loss as she assists in the case
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Series
Call the Midwife volume 1
Description
In the spring of 1957 newly qualified midwife, Jenny Lee arrives in the East End of London to begin her career. After overcoming the initial shock that her new home, Nonnatus House, is a convent rather than a private hospital, she quickly becomes immersed
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Call the Midwife volume 6
Description
Sister Monica Joan is found wandering near the docks, and returned to Nonnatus House by the police. Her adventure takes its toll on her health and she succumbs to pneumonia. When she eventually recovers she sails forth back into the community only to find
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Series
Call the Midwife volume 3
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Jenny is placed on the district nursing roster for a few weeks, to extend her experience of community practice. During her rounds, she attends to Joe, a gentle old soldier, and a friendship forms. At the antenatal clinic Trixie and Cynthia enroll Winnie L
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Call the Midwife volume 2
Description
It's 1958 and returning from a long day of duties, Nurse Jenny Lee finds the Nonnatus House community gathered to wish her a happy birthday, before she, Chummy, Trixie and Cynthia head off to the movies. However the midwife's good cheer is short lived when the next day she is assigned a new patient, Molly Brignall, who is trapped in an abusive marriage.
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Call the Midwife volume 2
Description
As Jenny Lee settles into her role, there is a new arrival at Nonnatus House, Chummy (Miranda Hart). A welcome pair of extra hands Chummy sets about showing her worth, but an overwhelming keenness to please and her inability to ride a bike prove obstacles
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Call the Midwife volume 5
Description
Jenny finds herself for once not involved in the beginning of life, but at its end. When Frank, the brother of Peggy the cleaner at Nonnatus House, is diagnosed with cancer, Jenny and the nuns are called upon to provide him with care. In doing so, Jenny c
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 1
Description
Christmas is coming, and in Poplar the midwives of Nonnatus House are busier than ever. When an abandoned baby is discovered on the steps of the convent, the whole community rallies to provide food and clothing, and to try and find his mother.