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Title:

Call the midwife [videorecording] : Season one / a Neal Street production for BBC ; written by Heidi Thomas ; directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, Jamie Payne.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Warner Home Video

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Pregnant women--London--London--Drama.
Midwives--London--London--Drama.
Television adaptations.
Poplar (London, England)--Drama.
Historical television programs.
Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Raine, Jessica, 1982-
Ferris, Pam.
Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937-
Worth, Jennifer.
George, Helen.
Agutter, Jenny.
Parfitt, Judy, 1935-
Hart, Miranda, 1972-
Thomas, Heidi, 1967-
Lowthorpe, Philippa.
Payne, Jamie.
Neal Street Productions.
British Broadcasting Corporation.

Other Titles:

Call the midwife (Television program) Season 1.

Notes:

Based on the book by Jennifer Worth. DVD extras: Wimples, babies and bicycles; cast members discuss giving birth to "Call the Midwife". Vanessa Redgrave, Pam Ferris, Jessica Raine, Helen George, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt, Miranda Hart.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1622243110 (set) : :
9781622243112 (set) : :

UPC:

883929269815

Locations:

YGPC162 -- West Branch Public Library (West Branch)