query: where is call the midwife set in london

pos: Call the Midwife 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 early 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"

pos: Call the Midwife (book) Herriot did for vets". Worth wrote the first volume of her memoirs by hand and sent them to Coates to read, and Coates later served as advisor on the books and the TV adaptation. The book is set in Poplar, in the East End of London, where "Jenny Lee" (Worth’s maiden name) works as a midwife and district nurse, attached to a convent, Nonnatus House (a pseudonym for the Community of St. John the Divine, where Worth actually worked). The story is split between chapters describing individual mothers and their often-traumatic deliveries, and more light-hearted incidents back at the convent.

pos: Call the Midwife (book) – Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi, authors of "The Sugar Girls", wrote that their "aim was to capture a lost way of life, just as Jennifer Worth had done", describing the midwife books as their "touchstone". Call the Midwife (book) Call the Midwife, later called Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s, is a memoir by Jennifer Worth, and the first in a trilogy of books describing her work as a district nurse and midwife in the East End of London during the 1950s. Worth wrote the book after retiring from a subsequent career

pos: Call the Midwife (book) Call the Midwife (book) Call the Midwife, later called Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s, is a memoir by Jennifer Worth, and the first in a trilogy of books describing her work as a district nurse and midwife in the East End of London during the 1950s. Worth wrote the book after retiring from a subsequent career as a musician, and it was originally published in July 2002. Reissued in 2007, it became a bestseller, as did the sequel "Shadows of the Workhouse" (2005, reissued 2008) and the final volume "Farewell to the

pos: Jennifer Worth episode of the television series "Call the Midwife", based on her experiences in Poplar, London, in the late 1950s, was dedicated to her. Jennifer Worth Jennifer Worth RN RM (25 September 1935 – 31 May 2011) was a British nurse and musician. She wrote a best-selling trilogy of memoirs about her work as a midwife practising in the poverty-stricken East End of London in the 1950s: "Call the Midwife", "Shadows of the Workhouse" and "Farewell to The East End". A television series, "Call the Midwife", based on her books, began broadcasting on BBC One on 15 January 2012. Worth, born

pos: Call the Midwife television," while Caitlin Moran claimed the series encapsulated "how unbelievably terrifying, dreary and vile it was to be a working-class woman 60 years ago." 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 early 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

pos: Call the Midwife (book) As well as the name of the convent, names of the characters are generally pseudonymous, with the exception of Cynthia, who remained a close friend of Jennifer Worth's in later life. The success of "Call the Midwife" led publishers to release many similar real-life stories about nurses, midwives, and life in the East End of London in the 1950s, most notably Edith Cotterill’s "Nurse on Call" (Ebury, 2010), and Dot May Dunn’s midwife memoir "Twelve Babies on a Bike" (Orion, 2010). They both went into the "Sunday Times" bestseller lists. Some writers acknowledged the inspiration they took from Worth’s writing

pos: Jennifer Worth Jennifer Worth Jennifer Worth RN RM (25 September 1935 – 31 May 2011) was a British nurse and musician. She wrote a best-selling trilogy of memoirs about her work as a midwife practising in the poverty-stricken East End of London in the 1950s: "Call the Midwife", "Shadows of the Workhouse" and "Farewell to The East End". A television series, "Call the Midwife", based on her books, began broadcasting on BBC One on 15 January 2012. Worth, born Jennifer Lee in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, was raised in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. After leaving school at the age of 15 she learned shorthand and typing

pos: Anglican religious order Clare (Diocese of Ploynesia, Fiji) Community of St Barnabas and Cecelia, South Australia In her autobiographical series Call the Midwife, British author Jennifer Worth portrayed her time working as a district nurse and midwife in the East End of London in the late 1950s alongside the Community of St. John the Divine. In the books, and the BBC television drama series of the same name, the order is renamed the Sisters of St. Raymond Nonnatus. Anglican religious order Anglican religious orders are communities of men or women (or in some cases mixed communities of both sexes) in the Anglican Communion

pos: Duncan Barrett for History Workshop Online, Barrett wrote that, while their methodology was indebted to oral history, the end result was a work of narrative non-fiction. The authors were inspired by Jennifer Worth's "Call the Midwife", which was their 'touchstone' as they wrote. The book is accompanied by a blog, where Barrett and Calvi discuss broader issues of life and work in the East End of London in the period covered by the book, as well as posting photographs and audio clips of the women they interviewed. In 2013, Barrett and Calvi's second book together, "GI Brides", was published by Harper, based

pos: The Sugar Girls workers at Ford’s Dagenham plant featured in the popular movie "Made in Dagenham". In the same article, Calvi also commented on the discrepancy between the way the East End of London is often represented – 'linked in the popular imagination with gangsters, criminals and prostitutes (or the grim squalor of "Call the Midwife")' – and the reality of life for the families of the women she interviewed – 'honest, hard-working families' who 'brought up their children to contribute to the family income'. In a separate article, her co-author Duncan Barrett made a similar point: 'The women we spoke to recalled

pos: The Sugar Girls Lyle and the East End of London. The Sugar Girls The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End is a bestselling work of narrative non-fiction based on interviews with women who worked in Tate & Lyle's East End factories in Silvertown from the mid-1940s onwards. Written by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi, the book was published by Collins in 2012. The authors were inspired to write it by Jennifer Worth's "Call the Midwife". In the East End of the 1940s and 1950s, thousands of girls left school every year at fourteen and went

neg: Victoria Yeates began touring in a production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible". In 2014, she joined the cast of the BBC period drama "Call the Midwife" as Sister Winifred, a midwife who moves to Poplar, London in the late 1950s to work at Nonnatus House. She is engaged to musician Paul Housden, with whom she lives in London. Victoria Yeates Victoria Natalie Yeates (born April 19, 1983) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Sister Winifred in the period drama series "Call the Midwife". She also appeared in the film "". Yeates was born and raised in

neg: Maurizio Malagnini and the sixth season of the period drama "Call the Midwife". His recent projects include the ITV Movie "Peter & Wendy" and "The C Word", a BBC TV-movie based on the book and blog by Lisa Lynch. Malagnini is currently composing the music for the seventh season of "Call the Midwife". Primetime Emmy Awards The Music + Sound Awards, International The Music + Sound Awards, UK Televisual Bulldog Awards, UK Maurizio Malagnini Maurizio Malagnini is an Italian composer who lives in London. Maurizio Malagnini is a composer based in London, who earned a master's degree with honors from the Royal

neg: Eclampsia Lady Sybil dies (in season 3, episode 5) of eclampsia shortly after child birth. In "Call the Midwife", a medical drama television series set in London in the 1950s and 1960s, the character (in season 1, episode 4) named Margaret Jones is struck with pre-eclampsia, ultimately proceeding from a comatose condition to death. The term "toxemia" was also used for the condition, in the dialogue. In "House M.D.", a medical drama television series set in the U.S., Dr. Cuddy, the hospital director, adopts a baby whose teenage mother dies from eclampsia and had no other parental figures available. Eclampsia Eclampsia

neg: Leonie Elliott In January 2018, she made her debut the hit BBC series "Call the Midwife" as Jamaican nurse Lucille Anderson, whose character was based on the many Caribbean nurses who moved to the UK to assist the growing demand of the NHS in the 1960s. Television Films Leonie Elliott Leonie Samantha Elliott (born 15 April 1988) is an English actress, best known for her role as Lucille Anderson in the BBC series "Call the Midwife". She also starred as Cherry Patterson in the Lenny Henry comedy-drama "Danny and the Human Zoo". Elliott was born in Brent, London. Her family emigrated from

neg: Leonie Elliott Leonie Elliott Leonie Samantha Elliott (born 15 April 1988) is an English actress, best known for her role as Lucille Anderson in the BBC series "Call the Midwife". She also starred as Cherry Patterson in the Lenny Henry comedy-drama "Danny and the Human Zoo". Elliott was born in Brent, London. Her family emigrated from Jamaica in the 1960s; like her character on "Call the Midwife", her aunt moved to England to train as a nurse. She began acting at 8 years old. She attended The Harris School of speech and drama, and trained as an actress at the Identity School

neg: Call the Midwife Portugal); ERT (Greece); ABC in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand, where its debut recorded a 35% share of the audience – 20% above average. In July 2012 BBC Worldwide announced it has sold the global Video on Demand rights of the programme to Netflix. According to BBC Worldwide America executive vice-president of sales and co-productions Matt Forde, BBC expects to sign another 13 to 15 deals for "Call the Midwife" with other international download-to-own and VoD services by the end of 2012. The second series of "Call the Midwife" has been sold to PBS for transmission from 31 March

neg: Call the Midwife drew an average household audience rating of 2.1, translating into 3.0 million viewers – 50 percent above PBS' primetime average for the 2011–12 series. The autumn 2012 PBS broadcast of the first series of "Call the Midwife" in the United States received widespread critical acclaim, earning a Metacritic score of 8.0. "The Wall Street Journal" declared that "this immensely absorbing drama is worth any trouble it takes to catch up with its singular pleasures", while "The Washington Post" stated that "the cast is marvelous, the gritty, post-war set pieces are meticulously recreated". "TV Guide" called the series "a delight to

neg: Emily Taaffe Minerva Theatre, Chichester and Intemperance at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre. Having recently begun to expand into screen work, Taaffe's latest role was in CBC series "X Company", an emotionally driven character drama set in World War II, and Victorian era detective drama, "Ripper Street". Additional TV credits include guest roles in the BBC’s "New Tricks", "Call the Midwife", "Atlantis", "Death in Paradise", "Informer" as well as ITV’s "Vera" and "The Borgias". Emily Taaffe Emily Anne Taaffe born in Dublin, is an Irish actress. She lives in South London. The youngest of five children, Emily was born to Noeleen and Eamonn

neg: East End of London in popular culture 235 metre tower, was the tallest building in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2010, has achieved an iconic status, and is located on the Isle of Dogs. It has appeared as a location in television, film and literature. Other shows set largely in the East End include "Ripper Street", "Penny Dreadful", "Whitechapel", and "Call the Midwife". Film has also explored the issues and themes affecting the East End. Many early films were made in Hoxton, at Gainsborough Studios. With their association with German cinema realism, many of these were made in the streets around the studio. In more modern

neg: Call the Midwife viewers. It was the No.1 rated programme on UK TV for all weeks of its transmission, ending March 11th 2018. The first series was released in a Region 2, two-disc set on 12 March 2012. Series 2 was scheduled for release on 1 April 2013 in the UK (region 2) with a collector's edition, "Call the Midwife Collection", containing series 1, 2 and the 2012 Christmas Special, released on the same date. In the United States, the first series was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 6 November 2012. Series 2 was scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-ray on

neg: Emerald Fennell Emerald Fennell Emerald Lilly Fennell (born 1 October 1985) is a British actress and author. She is best known for her role as Nurse Patsy Mount in the BBC drama series, "Call the Midwife". Born in London, Fennell went to Marlborough College. She then studied English at Oxford University where she acted in university plays. There she was spotted by Lindy King of United Agents, who also represents Keira Knightley. Her sister is Coco Fennell, who is a fashion designer. She starred in the Channel 4 sitcom "Chickens" with Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Jonny Sweet. Then she joined the

neg: Magic Moments 1980s and continues to be used each year for the brand's Christmas advertisements. The song is also occasionally sung by Ulster Rugby fans at away matches, particularly after 'magic moments' of play. The Perry Como version is featured in the 1998 film, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", when Raoul arrives at a Vegas hotel where Dr. Gonzo is located, briefly in "Dogma" (1999), "Police Academy" (1984), "Two Weeks Notice" (2002), "" (2004), "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (2005), Episode 3 of the first season of the 2012 BBC series "Call the Midwife", which is set in 1957, and

neg: Call the Midwife executive producer Pippa Harris, and Caro Newling. The first series, set in 1957, premiered in the UK 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. The order was founded as a nursing order in 1849. The show has extended beyond the memoirs to include new, historically sourced material. For the most part it depicts the day-to-day lives of the midwives and those in their local neighbourhood

neg: Nick de Bois services "reconfigured", with its 24-hour A&E department replaced with a 12-hour Urgent Care Centre and its consultant-led maternity unit replaced with a midwife-led unit. The issue of cuts to Chase Farm was a key local issue in Enfield North constituency at the 2010 general election. Following the election in May, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley visited Chase Farm to call a halt to all hospital reconfiguration plans, saying they could only proceed if the plans passed the four tests he had set down. Since this announcement, NHS London and NHS Enfield have stated, following a review, that they believe the four

neg: Jack Hawkins (actor, born 1985) Jack Hawkins (actor, born 1985) Jack Hawkins (born 6 October 1985) is a British actor. He was born in Ipswich and was educated at the Ipswich School between 1996 and 2004, where he was Head Boy. He read Jurisprudence at Balliol College, Oxford and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 2007 to 2009. Hawkins has performed acting roles in film, on television and on the stage. In 2017 he joined the cast of the BBC television show "Call the Midwife" as Christopher Dockerill. He plays the recurring character Alex Lambert in the BBC medical drama

neg: Alex McSweeney 2015. In an episode of "Call the Midwife" (March 2016), he played Joe Blacker. Alongside his acting career, he is also a Doctor of Literature and lectures at two London Universities in English & Drama. Drama at Kingston University and is a Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at London Southbank University. He wrote 'Out of the Cage' a play about women munition workers in the First World War in 2013/14. It subsequently got published and premiered at the Park Theatre London in January 2015. A national tour of the play was put in motion for 2017. He then

neg: Stephen McGann speaker at the Cambridge Science Festival in March 2015. He published a guest essay in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine in April 2015, discussing issues of medical accuracy and communication in "Call the Midwife". In January 2016, McGann published a companion book to "Call the Midwife" called "Doctor Turner's Casebook", in which he revisits key medical cases featured in the TV series and discusses their historical and social contexts. The BBC screened a documentary special based on the book, titled "Call The Midwife: The Casebook", on 15 January 2017. In July 2017, McGann published "Flesh and Blood:

neg: Jessica Raine Jessica Raine Jessica Raine (born Jessica Helen Lloyd; 20 May 1982) is an English actress. She is known for playing midwife Jenny Lee in the first three series of BBC One drama "Call the Midwife". Raine was born in Eardisley, Herefordshire, where she was raised on her father's farm. She is the younger of two daughters of farmer Allan Lloyd (descended from the Lloyd family of Baynham Hall), and his wife Sue, who trained as a dancer and then worked as a nurse. Educated in Kington, Herefordshire, she wanted to be an actress from the age of 13, as her

neg: Sarah Quintrell playing Sinéad in the BBC TV sitcom "Carrie and Barry". She has gone on to appear in "Rillington Place (BBC)", "Call the Midwife (BBC)", "Doctor Who (BBC)", "Lewis (ITV)", "The Watcher (UFA)", "The Last Trace (UFA)", "The Marchioness Disaster (Granada Yorkshire)", "Doctors (BBC)" and "Island at War (Granada)". Sarah has had an extensive career on stage and was the original Bobbie in Mike Kenny's "The Railway Children" at York Theatre Royal. She transferred with the production to London Waterloo Station, where it won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment (2011). She has also played Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (2005). Other

neg: Call the Midwife 2013 and to SVT (Sweden) for transmission from 19 May 2013. In February 2013, BBC Worldwide reported that "Call the Midwife" had been sold in over one hundred global territories, with global sales contributing to the UK's position as the second largest TV exporter behind the United States. In February 2017, it was reported that the BBC had exported "Call the Midwife" to 237 global territories. A second series of eight episodes aired in the UK in early 2013. The series achieved a consolidated series average of 10.47 million viewers. A third eight-part series aired in the UK from January

neg: Mary Cronk Mary Cronk Mary Cronk MBE, is an independent midwife from England who was awarded her MBE for services to midwifery over her many years of practice. Cronk was born in 1932. She first studied nursing at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and in 1957 she started training as a midwife at Queen Charlotte's in London. Cronk worked for the National Health Service in the UK where she facilitated more than 1600 births, mainly as home births. In 1991 she opened her own practise and started working as an independent midwife. Cronk joined English National Board of the United Kingdom Central Council for

neg: Anita Dobson End as Mama Morton in the musical "Chicago" (2003) and Gertrude in "Hamlet" (2005), and made her RSC debut in the 2012 revival of "The Merry Wives of Windsor". Her film appearances include "Darkness Falls" (1999) and "London Road" (2015). She guest starred in the Call the Midwife 2017 Christmas special. Dobson was born in Stepney, London. She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Dobson appeared in a few series in the early 1980s, including the Jim Davidson sitcom "Up the Elephant and Round the Castle" (1983), but she is best known for playing the

neg: Theresa Kufuor Theresa Kufuor Theresa Kufuor (born 25 October 1937) is the wife of John Kufuor, the second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, and former First Lady of Ghana. She is a retired nurse and midwife. Theresa Kufuor started her education at the Catholic Convent, OLA, at Keta in the Volta Region of Ghana. She later went to London, where she was educated as a Registered General Nurse, in the Southern Hospital Group of Nursing. Edinburgh, Scotland. After further study at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Paddington General Hospital, London, she qualified as a State Certified Midwife with a Certificate

neg: Stepney who lament being "a million miles away from Stepney Green." In her 2002 memoir "Call the Midwife", Jennifer Worth writes a graphic account of 1950s Stepney at the height of its urban decay describing bombsites, condemned buildings, filth, and rampant prostitution. Stepney Stepney is a district in London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that grew out of a medieval village around St Dunstan's church and the 15th century ribbon development of Mile End Road called Stepney Green. The area built up rapidly in the 19th century, mainly to accommodate immigrant workers and displaced London poor, and developed a

neg: Jennifer Worth in 1963, and they had two daughters. Worth retired from nursing in 1973 to pursue her musical interests. In 1974, she was appointed a licentiate of the London College of Music, where she taught piano and singing. She obtained a fellowship in 1984. She performed as a soloist and with choirs throughout Britain and Europe. She later began writing, and her first volume of memoirs, "Call the Midwife", was published in 2002. The book became a best-seller when it was reissued in 2007. "Shadows of the Workhouse" (2005; reissued 2008) and "Farewell to the East End" (2009) also became best-sellers.

neg: Midwife toad give away their presence by their ringing call. During the day, the midwife toad hides under stones and logs or in underground tunnels. They often hide in dry, sandy soil, which is easier to dig into using their forelegs and snout. It emerges at dusk to forage for food, but always returns to the same hiding places before dawn. During the winter, the common midwife toad hibernates in its hole or in a burrow that has been deserted by a small animal. The Midwife toad crawls around the area close to its hiding place at night to search for food.

neg: Stephen Ashfield with Jersey Boys on Strictly Come Dancing, GMTV, This Morning, Alan Titchmarsh, The Paul O'Grady Show, Loose Women, Children In Need, and The 80th Royal Variety Performance. In March 2014 he appeared in the season 3 finale of "Call the Midwife" as Philip Worth. London Theatre Interview with Stephen Ashfield Leadvocals (together with Katie Birtill) of Rudolph's Music Library 2012. Stephen Ashfield Stephen Ashfield is an Olivier Award-winning Scottish actor. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and since graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music in London, he has enjoyed a

neg: Streets of Laredo (miniseries) devotion to Call finally prevails, though, and he sets out after Call, where he is soon joined by the celebrated Kickapoo tracker, Famous Shoes. The series also follows the family of 19-year-old Joey Garza. Joey's mother, Maria, is the midwife of Ojinaga, a small Mexican village on the Rio Grande. She has had a string of brief, failed marriages and has three children, of which Joey is the oldest. Joey, in possession of a Swiss sniper rifle, learns that Call is after him and having shot a gringo, hides out in Crow Town, an outlaw village deep in the borderland

neg: Call the Midwife poor East End in the 1950s. The Sisters and midwives carry out many nursing duties across the community. However, with between 80 and 100 babies being born each month in Poplar alone, the primary work is to help bring safe childbirth to women in the area and to look after their countless newborns. "Call the Midwife" is based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, featuring narration – and an appearance in the 2014 Christmas Special – by Vanessa Redgrave as an older Jenny. The ship in the opening titles is the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line liner in dry dock

neg: Midwifery income, to be able to gain their freedom. It is not known from these epitaphs how certain slave women were selected for training as midwives. Slave girls may have been apprenticed, and it is most likely that mothers taught their daughters. The actual duties of the midwife in antiquity consisted mainly of assisting in the birthing process, although they may also have helped with other medical problems relating to women when needed. Often, the midwife would call for the assistance of a physician when a more difficult birth was anticipated. In many cases the midwife brought along two or three

neg: Samuel Wathen also one of the physicians of the City of London Lying-in Hospital on City Road where he was a man-midwife extraordinary. He was also listed on the Royal Kalendar of 1766 as man-midwife to the Queen, which must have been Charlotte, wife of George III, and makes it likely that he attended the Queen when her sons, the future George IV and William IV were born. Wathen was married three times, his third wife being Elizabeth Malthus, whom he married on 19 March 1750 at St Mary-at-Hill, London. She was the daughter of Sydenham Malthus (c. 1678–1757), a barrister, but

neg: Bryony Hannah Bryony Hannah Bryony Hannah (born 1984) is an Olivier Award-nominated English actress, best known as Cynthia Miller in BBC One's "Call the Midwife". The daughter of a teacher and a retired Royal Navy lieutenant-commander, Hannah comes from Portsmouth, and after leaving school worked in a pub in Southampton. She was then accepted to RADA, having won a Laurence Olivier Bursary. In 2014, Hannah gave birth to her first child. Hannah has starred in "Dead Boss" as Christine. She is perhaps best known for her work on "Call the Midwife". Her character was introduced as Nurse Cynthia Miller. During the course

neg: Jim and Mary McCartney training course at Walton Road Hospital in Rice Lane, Liverpool, eventually becoming a state registered nurse. Mary became a domiciliary health visitor and midwife, and was on-call day or night, where she was needed as a midwife. Her eldest son, Paul, said his first memory was watching her cycling away when it was snowing heavily. After she had been diagnosed with cancer, Mary still carried on cycling to work, but often doubled up in pain and had trouble breathing. The day Mary was due to have a mastectomy operation, she cleaned the McCartney house and laid her two sons' school

neg: Linda Bassett BBC Two comedy "Grandma's House". Since 2015, she plays Nurse Phyllis Crane on the BBC drama series "Call the Midwife" Linda Bassett Linda Bassett (born 4 February 1950) is an English actress. Her television credits include Victoria Wood's "Dinnerladies" (1999), "Lark Rise to Candleford" (2008–11), "Grandma's House" (2010–12) and "Call the Midwife" (2015–present). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the 1999 film "East Is East" and for the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for the 2013 revival of the play "Roots" at the Donmar Warehouse. Bassett was born in Pluckley,

neg: Helen George They met when they were both in "Hotel Babylon", but started their relationship several years later. In August 2015, representatives of George confirmed that she and Boot had split up after three years of marriage. In April 2016, she began dating her Call The Midwife co-star Jack Ashton when they went to South Africa to film the show's Christmas special. In September 2017, their daughter, Wren Ivy, was born. Helen George Helen George (born Helen Thomas; 19 June 1984) is an English actress. She plays Trixie Franklin on the BBC TV drama series "Call the Midwife". In 2015, she participated

neg: Sarah Stone (midwife) of the future plans of male medical professionals to take over the practice entirely, sparking her dislike of male intervention in the midwife practice. In 1705-1720, Stone was staying in Taunton, Somerset, England where there were no other “man-midwives,” meaning there was no obstetric surgeon in the town. Thus, all of the obstetric emergencies befell Stone as she was the most advanced midwife around and many duties and tasks were set upon her to perform. At the peak of her career she took care of about three hundred births per year. Although most went well, not all of the births

neg: Historical period drama and "Darkest Hour" (2017). Examples of television series include "Robin Hood" (1953), "Middlemarch" (1994), "Pride and Prejudice" (1995), "The Tudors", "Mad Men", "Boardwalk Empire", "Call the Midwife", "Downton Abbey", "Deadwood", "Halt and Catch Fire", "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", "Father Brown", "Stranger Things", "The Americans", "Little House on the Prairie", "That '70s Show", "The Get Down", "Another Period", "Better Call Saul" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". Historical period drama The term historical period drama (also historical drama, period drama, costume drama, and period piece) refers to a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film

neg: Bryony Hannah was to leave "Call The Midwife", and would not participate in Series 7.. Shortly afterwards it was announced that she would star in the posthumous premiere of Olivier Award winner Kevin Elyot's final play "Twilight Song", alongside Adam Garcia and Paul Higgins. Bryony Hannah Bryony Hannah (born 1984) is an Olivier Award-nominated English actress, best known as Cynthia Miller in BBC One's "Call the Midwife". The daughter of a teacher and a retired Royal Navy lieutenant-commander, Hannah comes from Portsmouth, and after leaving school worked in a pub in Southampton. She was then accepted to RADA, having won a Laurence

neg: Call the Midwife as the introduction of the contraceptive pill in the fifth series. "Call the Midwife" achieved very high ratings in its first series, making it the most successful new drama series on BBC One since 2001. Since then, five more series of eight episodes each have aired year-on-year, along with an annual Christmas special broadcast every Christmas Day since 2012. It is also broadcast in the United States on the PBS network, with the first series starting on September 30, 2012. In December 2015, the Director-General of the BBC Tony Hall announced the show had been commissioned for a 2016 Christmas

neg: Joan Court Joan Court Joan Court (13 April 1919 – 1 December 2016) was a British midwife and social worker who set up the Battered Child Research Department at the NSPCC, a prominent figure in the Animal Rights movement, and an author. The second of two children, Joan Court was born on 13 April 1919 in Knightsbridge Square, London, England, where her father Cecil was a solicitor with the family firm. Joan's mother Muriel was the daughter of the mayor of St Albans, Henry Gibson. Joan's parents separated in 1922 when she was three years old, Muriel taking the two children to

neg: Joan Court Joan's cousin Monica was a very well-known witch Joan Court Joan Court (13 April 1919 – 1 December 2016) was a British midwife and social worker who set up the Battered Child Research Department at the NSPCC, a prominent figure in the Animal Rights movement, and an author. The second of two children, Joan Court was born on 13 April 1919 in Knightsbridge Square, London, England, where her father Cecil was a solicitor with the family firm. Joan's mother Muriel was the daughter of the mayor of St Albans, Henry Gibson. Joan's parents separated in 1922 when she was three

neg: Philippa Lowthorpe in the past decade. She also directed the first "Call the Midwife" Christmas Special (2013), for which she won a BAFTA for directing. She is the only woman ever to have won this award. Other directing credits include the multi-award winning "Five Daughters" (2010), "Jamaica Inn" (2014), "Cider with Rosie" (2015), and the feature film "Swallows and Amazons" (2016) for BFI/Studio Canal/BBC films. Her credits include "Jamaica Inn", "Call the Midwife", for which she won a British Academy Television Craft Award in 2013, "Five Daughters", "" (2006), and "The Other Boleyn Girl" (2003). A 2013 interview with her appears on

neg: Childbirth in rural Appalachia date of delivery was determined by taking the phase of the moon into consideration. A delivery during a full moon was considered dangerous to the child and the mother. The arrival of the midwife at the home of the expectant mother varied. Sometimes the family would call the midwife when the labor started and sometimes she would arrive at the home a few days before the anticipated birth. This was probably dependent on the proximity of the midwife to the woman’s house. The midwife and her assistant would assist with chores around the house if they were able to arrive

neg: Elizabeth Cellier Great Missenden Church, Buckinghamshire. She wrote: Mrs. Cellier is an important character in Alison Macleod's historical novel "The Portingale", a biography of Queen Catherine of Braganza. Elizabeth Cellier Elizabeth Cellier (commonly known as Mrs. Cellier and dubbed the "Popish Midwife"), flourished 1668–1688, London, England, was a notable Catholic midwife in seventeenth-century England. She stood trial for treason in 1679 for her alleged part in the "Meal-Tub Plot" against the future James II but was acquitted. She later became a pamphleteer and made attempts to advance the field of midwifery. Elizabeth Cellier was a noted London midwife, who came into prominence

neg: Annabelle Apsion Annabelle Apsion Jane Annabelle Apsion (born 17 September 1960 in Hammersmith, London) is an English actress, best known for playing Joy Wilton in "Soldier Soldier" and Violet Buckle in ‘’Call the Midwife’’. Apsion is also known for her portrayals of Kirsty in "My Good Friend", Beverly in "The Lakes", Patricia Hillman in "Coronation Street", and Mrs. Beech in Michelle Magorian's "Goodnight Mister Tom". She has appeared in two separate episodes of "Midsomer Murders", "Death in Chorus" and "Dead Man's 11", as two different characters. She also played a part in the docu-drama about the Hillsborough Disaster, which aired in 1996

neg: Emerald Fennell Bloomsbury Children's Books in January 2013: "Shiverton Hall", a children's fantasy. In December 2012, it was released as an ebook by Bloomsbury USA. "The Creeper", a sequel, was published mid-2014. ISFDB catalogues them as the Shiverton Hall series. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in 2014. She then released Monsters in September 2015, her first adult horror book. Emerald Fennell Emerald Lilly Fennell (born 1 October 1985) is a British actress and author. She is best known for her role as Nurse Patsy Mount in the BBC drama series, "Call the Midwife". Born in London, Fennell went

neg: The Sugar Girls readable account of women's lives in and around the Tate & Lyle East London works in the Forties and Fifties is written as popular social history, played for entertainment. If it doesn’t become a TV series to rival "Call the Midwife", I'll take my tea with ten sugars.' In a quotation featured on the cover of the paperback, Melanie McGrath, author of the books "Silvertown" and "Hopping", described the book as 'An authoritative and highly readable work of social history which brings vividly to life a fascinating part of East End life before it is lost forever.' On 8 April

neg: Sarah Stone (midwife) published her treatise. After her treatise was published, Stone moved to London and disappeared from public eye and records, thus giving no exact date or estimation of when she died. Sarah Stone (midwife) Sarah Stone (active 1701-1737) was an English midwife and author during the Early Modern period. She advocated for the better education of female midwives, speaking out against the rise of male-midwives in her line of work. She is considered a “champion of her sex and a disciple and advocate of the Enlightenment.” Although her date of birth is unknown, Sarah Stone was born to the midwife Mrs.

neg: Mary Renfrew first midwife or nurse to receive that honour. Mary Renfrew Mary Renfrew FRSE, (born 1955) is a British midwife and academic. Renfrew graduated in nursing from the University of Edinburgh in 1975, and in midwifery from the same institution in 1978. She obtained a PhD on breastfeeding in 1982, while at the Medical Research Council's reproductive biology unit in Edinburgh. She was at the national perinatal epidemiology unit of the University of Oxford from 1988 to 1994, where she set up National Midwifery Research Initiative. Following that, she was professor of midwifery at the University of Leeds until 2003, then

neg: Stephen McGann the award-winning BBC drama "The Hanging Gale". He portrayed the character of Sean Reynolds in "Emmerdale" from 1999 to 2002. In 2003, he starred with Jamie Theakston in the hit West End play "'Art'". In 2006, he played the role of the Reverend Shaw in the original West End cast of the musical "Footloose". He can currently be seen playing Dr. Turner in BBC TV series "Call the Midwife". In addition to his acting, McGann is a public speaker and communicator of science. He graduated from Imperial College London with a master's degree in Science Communication. He was a guest

neg: Kate Lamb Kate Lamb Kate Lamb (born 18 January 1988) is a Welsh actress best known for playing Nurse Delia Busby in the BBC drama series "Call the Midwife" from 2015 to 2017. Lamb was born in Cardiff but grew up in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, a pupil at Greenhill School. Her first acting role was at the age of four, in a Tenby production of "Toad of Toad Hall". After GCSEs she attended the United World College in Swaziland before returning to the UK to study for a degree in English and Drama at Bristol University. She also trained at the London Academy

neg: Annabelle Apsion appeared in include "About a Boy", "The War Zone", "Lolita", "This Year's Love" and "Ironclad". Outside of acting, she has appeared as a guest panellist on Five's "The Wright Stuff" during 2008 and 2009. In 2014, Apsion portrayed Annette Walker in an episode of the detective drama "Suspects (TV series)," and more recently she appeared in episodes of Call the Midwife as Violet Buckle (née Gee) and in episodes of Doc Martin as Jennifer Cardew. Apsion is a former student of Godalming College and the University of Wales. Annabelle Apsion Jane Annabelle Apsion (born 17 September 1960 in Hammersmith, London)

neg: Gateways club club. A depiction of the Gateways club featured in "Call the Midwife" Series 5 Episode 7 as a place visited by the character Patsy Mount and her girlfriend Delia Busby. The club features significantly in the novel 'Time of Obsessions' by John Roman Baker (Wilkinson House, 2017). The main protagonist Greg moves into a flat on Bramerton Street and becomes a regular at the club. There is also a significant lesbian character named Prue. Gateways club The Gateways club was a noted lesbian nightclub located at 239 Kings Road on the corner of Bramerton Street, Chelsea, London, England. It was

neg: Amy McAllister Love Or Money". She has appeared on television as teenage runaway Mary in BBC drama "Call the Midwife", as cancer patient Annabelle Taylor in BBC drama "Holby City", as Ruth in "The Great Fire", and as Della Morgan in "Doctors." McAllister's other theatre work includes "Brighton Beach Memoirs", "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", "Don Juan Comes Back from the War", "The Tinker's Wedding", and "The Way Home" by award-winning writer Chloe Moss. McAllister is also a rising star of the London poetry scene. She is a recent UK Anti-slam Champion, has won multiple poetry slams across Europe, and

neg: Charlotte Ritchie Charlotte Ritchie Charlotte Ritchie (born 29 August 1989) is a British actress and singer-songwriter. She is a member of the classical crossover band All Angels. She has been a main cast member in Channel 4's "Fresh Meat" and the BBC's "Siblings". From 2015 to 2018 she was a cast member of the BBC's "Call the Midwife", playing Barbara Gilbert (later Hereward). Charlotte Ritchie was educated at James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, South London and she joined Youth Music Theatre UK and its production of Red Hunter in 2005. She finished a degree in English and Drama at the University

neg: Gerard McCarthy played the leading role of David Hothouse in the UK premiere of "Stalking The Bogeyman". The production received widespread critical & public acclaim with McCarthy receiving a Best Actor nomination at the Off West End Awards. So far in 2017, McCarthy has played Emmett Forrest in Leicester Curve's production of Legally Blonde at the Opera Garnier in Monte Carlo and, most recently, joined the cast of BBC drama Call The Midwife. In 2018, he joined the cast of Call The Midwife as Terry Davidson, before playing Erwin Bach in the original West End cast of Tina, The Musical at the

neg: Ian Johnson (publicist) from 2004-2006. He founded Ian Johnson Publicity Limited in 2006. Specialising in high-end Drama including "Wallander" and "Call the Midwife", Ian Johnson Publicity has since expanded to the United States working on programs with "Starz", "HBO" and "Showtime". https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/nov/19/weekend.garethmclean Ian Johnson also does corporate publicity for some of the UK's leading independent film and television production companies: Ian Johnson (publicist) Ian Johnson is a public relations manager based in London, specialising in online, television and film publicity. In the early 1990s, Johnson worked in the Channel 4 Press Office. In 1992 he was part of the launch Press Office team

neg: Call the Midwife at the King George V Dock and the road is Saville Road, Silvertown, east London. Many of the exterior scenes are shot at the Chatham Historic Dockyard. On 11 February 2013, Ben Stephenson, BBC Controller for Drama, announced that he had commissioned a 2013 Christmas special, and a third series of eight episodes to air in 2014. The fourth series aired in the US in 2015, finishing its eight-episode run on 17 May. A Christmas special aired in 2015 as well. A fifth series was commissioned for 2016, shortly after series four was done filming. A sixth series was commissioned,

neg: Sarah Quintrell Sarah Quintrell Sarah Elizabeth Quintrell (born in Lambeth, London) is an English writer and actress, best known for writing multi-award winning single drama "Ellen" (Channel 4, 2016) and the five part crime drama"The Trial: A Murder In The Family" (Channel 4, 2017). In 2017 she was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. As an actor, Sarah has had an extensive career on stage as well as appearing in television such as "Rillington Place (2016)", "Call the Midwife (2016)" and "Doctor Who". Quintrell's writing debut "Ellen", was broadcast on Channel 4, late 2016. Directed by Mahalia Belo and starring Jessica Barden, Yasmin

neg: Jeremiah Rich In 1646 Rich was living "in St. Olives parish in Southwark, at one Mris Williams, a midwife", and in 1659 he occupied a house called the Golden Ball in Swithin's Lane, near London Stone. The first work issued by Rich was "Semography, or Short and Swift Writing, being the most easiest, exactest, and speediest Method of all others that have beene yet Extant. … Invented and Composed for the Benefit of others by the Author hereof William Cartwright, and is now set forth and published by his Nephew, Ieremiah Rich, immediate next to the Author deceased", London, 1642. Rich made

neg: Llandwrog storage facility. It had a key role in Operation Sandcastle, where a large quantity of Nazi Tabun weapons were stored prior to eventual disposal at sea. There is a local legend told about a midwife from Llandwrog. It is said that the she was once summoned by a stranger to an underground palace where she helped a queen give birth to a child. The stranger then gave the midwife some ointment for the baby's eyes. When the midwife accidentally touched it to her own eyes, the queen instantly changed into the midwife's former serving-maid, Eilian. Weeks later, when the midwife

neg: Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) heard in the extended DVD cut of the "Family Guy" episode "Airport '07", during "Peter Griffin's Champagne Dance Party" (a parody of "The Lawrence Welk Show"). It is also briefly heard in "Call the Midwife", Series 1 Episode 6, set in late 1957. In the late 1970s a version with revised lyrics was used as a TV jingle for Oscar Mayer. In the early 1990s the song was used in a McDonald's advertising campaign in the UK to promote their new range of hot dogs. Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" is an American popular song

neg: Hide (Doctor Who) twist was added in later, because Moffat felt the monster should be more fleshed out, and Cross chose to mirror the love plot between Emma and the Professor. Cross wanted to tell the story with "a small cast and as few locations as possible". Jessica Raine was offered the part of Emma Grayling, and later said that she had not realised "what an institution "Doctor Who" is" until she arrived on set. She said it was produced very differently from her series "Call the Midwife". Raine had also worked with Matt Smith before on a play. Cross said that Raine

neg: Shaun Williamson set in the Kent hop picking season of 1939. The series starred Shane Taylor ("Band of Brothers"), Steve Nallon ("Spitting Image") and Candis Nergaard ("Call the Midwife"). The murder mystery series was directed by award-winning director Samuel Supple and produced by Violafilms. Shaun Williamson Shaun Williamson (born 29 November 1965) is an English actor, singer, media personality, and occasional presenter, best known for his role as Barry Evans in "EastEnders" and as a satirical version of himself in the BBC/HBO sitcom "Extras". A former student of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, he is widely known for his portrayal

neg: Call the Midwife million. The critical reception for series two has praised the programme's sharp blend of prime-time period charm and hard-hitting social commentary. Caitlin Moran in "The Times" called this "an iron hand in a velvet glove", while Allison Pearson in "The Daily Telegraph" lauded its ability to "tickle the middle of the brow while touching the most anguished parts of the human condition". In particular, commentators have noted the attention given to female social issues in the drama's post-war, pre-pill setting. Alison Graham in the "Radio Times" dubbed "Call the Midwife" "a magnificently subversive drama" and "the torchbearer of feminism on

neg: Call the Midwife which included a 2016 Christmas episode that took place in South Africa. On 23 November 2016, the BBC announced a three-year deal with Neal Street Productions, commissioning a seventh, eighth and ninth series, all with Christmas specials. The new commission will keep the series on air until at least 2020. In May 2012, BBC Worldwide and the American Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) announced that the first series of "Call the Midwife" would premiere in the United States on 30 September 2012. BBC Worldwide has also sold the programme to SVT (Sweden); NRK (Norway); RÚV (Iceland); Yle (Finland); AXN White (Spain;

neg: Call the Midwife 18 June 2013. Series 3 was released on Blu-ray on 20 May 2014. Series 4 was released on Blu-ray on 19 May 2015. A second series of "Call the Midwife" was immediately commissioned after the drama's opening episode attracted an audience of nearly 10 million viewers. The second episode increased its audience to 10.47 million, while the third continued the climb to 10.66. Episode 4's rating of 10.89 million overtook 2010 ITV hit "Downton Abbey" as the largest first series audience for original drama on British television in recent years. In the United States, the series 1 transmission on PBS

neg: Call the Midwife 2014, with a consolidated average of 10.53 million. On 28 February 2014, BBC confirmed that "Call the Midwife" had been commissioned for a 2014 Christmas special and fourth series, to air in 2015. On 3 November 2014, BBC announced that an eight-episode fifth series had been commissioned; it began airing on 17 January 2016; the fifth series takes the story into 1961. The sixth series began airing in the UK on 22 January 2017, taking the drama into 1962. Season seven, again consisting of eight episodes, began airing on Sunday, 21 January, 2018, with episode one viewed by 9.87 million

neg: Elizabeth Cellier Elizabeth Cellier Elizabeth Cellier (commonly known as Mrs. Cellier and dubbed the "Popish Midwife"), flourished 1668–1688, London, England, was a notable Catholic midwife in seventeenth-century England. She stood trial for treason in 1679 for her alleged part in the "Meal-Tub Plot" against the future James II but was acquitted. She later became a pamphleteer and made attempts to advance the field of midwifery. Elizabeth Cellier was a noted London midwife, who came into prominence through the pretended "Meal-Tub Plot" of 1680. Nothing seems known of her life until her marriage with Peter Cellier, a Frenchman, and her conversion from Anglicanism.

neg: Call the Midwife (book) East End" (2009). By the time of Jennifer Worth’s death in June 2011, her books had already sold almost a million copies. In 2012, the popular BBC adaptation of the trilogy boosted sales further, and all four of the author's books about the East End (the "Midwife trilogy" and "In the Midst of Life" (2010) went back into the charts. Worth wrote the book in response to an article by Terri Coates in the "Royal College of Midwives Journal", which argued that midwives had been under-represented in literature and called on "a midwife somewhere to do for midwifery what James

neg: Sarah Stone (midwife) to gain deserved recognition there. Stone remained in differing view than the man-midwives and advocated for the importance of women in the practice because they had been doing it for centuries. Stone wrote a treatise to advocate for her argument and it gained popularity when it came out in 1737. However, not long after her work came out, Sarah Stone moved to London where there was no information about her recorded after that year. Sarah Stone was a well-regarded midwife of her time. She was an excellent example of English midwifery. Stone could be compared to Madame Angélique du Coudray

neg: Little Women (2017 TV series) series was adapted by Heidi Thomas, who created "Call the Midwife", and directed by Vanessa Caswill. It was produced by Playground Television UK with PBS Masterpiece. "Little Women" is set in Concord, Massachusetts, but was filmed in County Wicklow, Ireland. Filming took place in the coastal town of Bray and at the Ardmore Studios from July 2017. Irish costume designer Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh created the clothing for the miniseries. The UK media reception for the programme was very positive. Euan Ferguson in "The Observer" said: "The grit and pain of the girls' struggles to define themselves, in that fast-changing age,

neg: Neal Street Productions Neal Street Productions Neal Street Productions is a British film, television and theatre production company. The company was set up in 2003 by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling. Nicolas Brown joined in 2013 to work across the film and TV portfolio. The company's movies include "Revolutionary Road", "Jarhead" and "Starter for 10". Their TV dramas include the award-winning "" with Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch, "Penny Dreadful" and "Call the Midwife". In theatre Neal Street has produced "The Bridge Project", "Shrek the Musical" and the musical adaptation of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". More recently in 2017/8, Neal

neg: Cathy Warwick (midwife) Cathy Warwick (midwife) "Not to be confused with Cathy Warwick the chess player." Dame Catherine Lilian "Cathy" Warwick is a Scottish midwife, trade union leader, and abortion rights activist. She has been the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives since 2008, and is also Chair of Trustees of BPAS, one of the UK's leading providers of abortion services. She received a nursing degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1975, and completed a one-year midwifery course at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in 1976. She is an Honorary Professor of Midwifery at King's College London School of Midwifery. She was

neg: Clare Cathcart Catholic" at the Tricycle Theatre, London in 2013. Cathcart died at her home in Brighton, on 4 September 2014, aged 48, from an asthma attack. Clare Cathcart Clare Cathcart (3 October 1965 – 4 September 2014) was a Northern Irish actress. She was known for her appearances in "New Tricks" and "Call the Midwife" in which she played Mrs Torpy. Cathcart also appeared in the TV programmes "Holby City", "Come Fly with Me"", ""Doctors", "The Bill", and "Casualty". Onstage, she appeared in "The Comedy of Errors" at the National Theatre, directed by Dominic Cooke. Her film appearances include "Hotel Splendide",

neg: Jessica Raine Vic's revival of Middleton and Rowley's 17th-century tragedy, "The Changeling". In 2012 Raine starred in "Beyond Ballets Russes" at the London Coliseum. In film and television, Raine has appeared in "Garrow's Law" and "Robin Hood", directed by Ridley Scott. She starred as the lead character Jenny Lee in the first three series of the BBC One drama "Call the Midwife". After the success of the first series, she shot a Christmas special and a second series. At the end of series 2, Raine was asked to commit to eight more series of the programme. On 9 March 2014, it was

neg: Takis Fotopoulos part in the 1968 student protests in London, and in organisations of the revolutionary Greek Left during the struggle against the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. During this period, he was a member of the Greek group called Revolutionary Socialist Groups in London, which published the newspaper "Μαμή" ("Midwife", from the Marxian dictum, "violence is the midwife of revolution") for which he wrote several articles. Fotopoulos married Sia Mamareli (a former lawyer) in 1966; the couple have a son, Costas (born in 1974), who is a Composer and Pianist. Fotopoulos was a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Polytechnic of

neg: Daybreak in Udi in the back of their minds. In time the building is complete, but before it is set to officially open, a young woman and her husband arrive in the village. The woman is in labor, and so Chadwick and the midwife (Joyce MgBaronye) agree to admit the woman as the home's first patient. That evening, while tending the woman, the midwife catches sight of movement and hears noises coming from outside. Frightened, she soon hears a knock at the door, but it turns out only to be Iruka coming to check up on the expectant mother. Relieved, the midwife resumes

neg: The Call of the Wild The Call of the Wild The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By

neg: Obstetric Flying Squad squad typically consisted of an obstetrician, anaesthetist, midwife, and a helper such as a hospital orderly. The service was activated following a phone call for assistance, and the team members would 'fly' (meaning 'travel quickly') to the scene. The anaesthetic equipment initially was quite simple and consisted of a Schimmelbusch mask to administer chloroform. Later more sophisticated equipment was used. Of great importance was intravenous infusion equipment, intravenous fluids and later the provision of group O blood. Obstetric Flying Squad An Obstetric Flying Squad is a form of medical retrieval team that is composed of an obstetrician, anaesthetist, midwife and

neg: Michael Reiss Michael Reiss Michael J. Reiss, FRSB FRSA (born 1960) is a British bioethicist, educator, and journalist. He is also an Anglican priest. Reiss is Professor of Science Education at the Institute of Education, University College London, where he is Assistant Director, Research and Development. Reiss's father was an obstetrician; his mother, a midwife. His father was Jewish; his mother, an agnostic. Reiss had a secular upbringing in north London. He began his career as a schoolteacher at Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge in 1983. In 1989, he became a Lecturer and Tutor in the Department of Education at the

neg: Michael Reiss complain that Ofsted's proposed new curriculum for primary schools did not mention evolution. In 2010 Reiss debated Michael Behe on the topic of Intelligent Design. Michael Reiss Michael J. Reiss, FRSB FRSA (born 1960) is a British bioethicist, educator, and journalist. He is also an Anglican priest. Reiss is Professor of Science Education at the Institute of Education, University College London, where he is Assistant Director, Research and Development. Reiss's father was an obstetrician; his mother, a midwife. His father was Jewish; his mother, an agnostic. Reiss had a secular upbringing in north London. He began his career as a

neg: Laura Main the Midwife". Main features as a soloist in several tracks on the "Call the Midwife" album released in February 2013. In November 2015 Main won the "Children in Need" "Strictly Come Dancing" special with dancer Brendan Cole. In 2017, Main was cast in the lead role of Princess Fiona, in the second UK tour of Shrek the Musical. Main will share the role with The X Factor contestant Amelia Lily. Main's first performance was on 12 December 2017, at the Edinburgh Playhouse. Laura Main Laura Main is a Scottish actress known for her role as Sister Bernadette (later Doctor Turner's

neg: East End of London with performers such as Marie Lloyd, Gus Elen and Albert Chevalier establishing the image of the humorous East End Cockney and highlighting the conditions of ordinary workers. This image, buoyed by close family and social links and the community's fortitude in the war, came to be represented in literature and film. However, with the rise of the Kray twins in the 1960s the dark side of East End character returned with a new emphasis on criminality and gangsterism. The success of Jennifer Worth's memoir "Call the Midwife" (2002, reissued 2007), which became a major best-seller and was adapted by the

neg: Jenny kiss'd Me film "The Age of Adaline", when Ellis first met Adaline. In "The Twilight Zone" episode "The Fugitive," Old Ben quotes the poem to Jenny after she gives him a kiss. Sister Monica Joan recites the poem to midwife Jenny Lee in season 3 of "Call the Midwife". Jenny kiss'd Me Jenny kiss'd Me (original title: "Rondeau") is a poem by the English essayist Leigh Hunt. It was first published in November 1838 by the "Monthly Chronicle". The poem — per its original title, a rondeau — was inspired by Jane Welsh, the wife of Thomas Carlyle. According to anthologist Martin

neg: Kate Saxon the Develop Award for Audio Accomplishment in 2009. For "Fable III" Saxon directed a cast of over 80 actors, including Ben Kingsley, Michael Fassbender, Simon Pegg, Naomie Harris and John Cleese. Saxon provided MoCap and voiceover direction for "Killzone 2" (Sony). She also directed "Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King", and for "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" (LucasArts) she cast European roles. In 2018, Kate directed episodes 2 and 3 for "Call The Midwife" series 8, which will be on TV in 2019. Kate regularly directs "Eastenders". In 2013, Saxon trained in multi-cam directing on the set of "EastEnders"

neg: Childbirth could negatively impact the newborn's "emotional wellbeing." By the 1970s, the call for natural childbirth was spread nationwide, in conjunction with the second-wave of the feminist movement. While it is still most common for American women to deliver in the hospital, supporters of natural birth still widely exist, especially in the UK where midwife-assisted home births have gained popularity in recent years. Childbirth statistics in US before 1915 were not recorded but moving forward the US has had historically poor maternal mortality rates in comparison to other developed countries. There is more reliable data on maternal mortality from Britain from

neg: David Ryall his long life through a series of flashbacks. Ryall's last appearance was in "Call the Midwife", where he played Tommy Mills. This episode was aired on BBC One on 1 March 2015 and was dedicated to his memory in the closing credits. Ryall had one son and two daughters: Jonathan Ryall (born 1966), who was the manager of the Australian band Glide; Imogen Ryall (born 1967), who is a singer and Charlie Ryall (born 1986), who is also an actor. Ryall died on 25 December 2014 aged 79. David Ryall David John Ryall (5 January 1935 – 25 December 2014)