Jenny Agutter
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English
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Condemned gunman Clayton is given a last minute reprieve on condition he murders rancher Matthew for a railway company. Visiting Matthew's ranch, Clayton is unable to bring himself to kill Matthew and leaves, but Matthew's wife, believing she has killed Matthew joins Clayton. Matthew, still alive, joins Clayton's to hunt down the pair
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Call the Midwife volume 7
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English
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Dr. Turner prepares for change with the introduction of the contraceptive pill, while Patsy struggles to help a Bargee woman who is determined to give birth among her own community. As a huge storm threatens Poplar, Nurse Crane helps save the life of a young mother. After the storm, there is a welcome return for one Nonnatus House resident.
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Call the Midwife volume 5
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English
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Nonnatus House welcomes a new recruit, Nurse Valerie Dyer.
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Call the Midwife volume 6
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English
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A rash of violent attacks on women brings a state of fear to Poplar and impacts directly on the residents of Nonnatus House. A secret pregnancy threatens the life of a young girl, after her mother takes matters into her own hands. Meanwhile, a long overdue holiday for the Turner family fails to live up to expectations.
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Call the Midwife volume 1
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English
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The team reunites but all is not well when a change of management shakes up Nonnatus House.
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Call the Midwife volume 8
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English
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The midwives open a family planning clinic and Tom and Barbara have a wedding to plan.
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Call the Midwife volume 8
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English
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Poplar is shaken as the cause of recent infant deformities is revealed while Nonnatus House is thrown into disarray by a tragedy even closer to home. Meanwhile, the midwives help a young mother who goes into labor at her wedding reception.
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Call the Midwife volume 7
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English
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The legacy of thalidomide becomes apparent and Nurse Crane faces an unexpected crisis.
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Call the Midwife volume 2
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English
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An explosion at the docks brings heartache to the people of Poplar.
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Call the Midwife volume 3
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English
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A Chinese first-time mother faces an unexpected crisis.
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Call the Midwife volume 6
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English
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Valerie Dyer oversees the care of an expectant Somali woman.
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Call the Midwife volume 4
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English
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An expectant mother buckles under the strains of pregnancy, as Tom provides pastoral care.
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Call the Midwife volume 3
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English
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A disease outbreak brings back bad memories for Patsy, while Sister Winifred is forced to reconsider her prejudices when dealing with a mother-to-be. Barbara faces a dilemma when Tom asks her to dinner.
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Call the Midwife volume 4
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English
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The pressures of modern Britain reach Poplar as a hospital secondment and a difficult birth raise moral questions for Sister Julienne. Trixie and Tom help a family breaking apart under the pressure of a son's dreams for the future.
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English
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As Poplar celebrates a white Christmas, an unexpected SOS call from the Mother House interrupts festivities. Hope Clinic, a tiny mission hospital in South Africa that has links to the Order, is threatened with closure. Sister Julienne swiftly procures the help of Sister Winifred, Trixie, Barbara, Nurse Crane, Dr. Turner, Shelagh, Fred and Tom Hereward and they are soon transported to South Africa to try and save the clinic.
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Call the Midwife volume 1
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English
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Easter, 1961. The nuns and midwives are shaken by the birth of a baby with severe, unexplained deformities. Meanwhile, Trixie begins teaching her brand new fitness classes, but an embarrassing incident for one member of her group makes her question the relationship between women and their bodies.
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Call the Midwife volume 5
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English
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New mother Roseanne's past continues to haunt her, wreaking havoc on her family life, and a back injury forces Violet to put her beloved shop in the care of Fred with unforeseen consequences. When Dr. Turner sets up a new chest clinic, he and Shelagh are forced to consider whether their own lifestyles are as healthy as they could be.
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English
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It's 1963 and Poplar is covered by a thick blanket of snow as the nuns and nurses of Nonnatus House face the challenge of the coldest winter in three hundred years. Battling against snow, ice, power cuts and frozen pipes, the midwives brave the elements to provide the best possible care for their patients.