Call the Midwife - Season 1 (2012) (season)
Directed by:
Philippa LowthorpeScreenplay:
Heidi ThomasCinematography:
Chris SeagerComposer:
Peter SalemCast:
Vanessa Redgrave (narrator), Jenny Agutter, Laura Main, Judy Parfitt, Helen George, Bryony Hannah, Jessica Raine, Ben Caplan, Pam Ferris, Hayley Squires, Cliff Parisi, Stephen McGannVOD (3)
Plots(1)
In the spring of 1957, newly minted 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 and not a private hospital, she quickly becomes immersed in her new life. Living with nuns and working in a community of colorful characters are different from anything Jenny has previously encountered. Through her, experience the sorrows and joys that come with being a midwife. (PBS)
(more)Cast
![Vanessa Redgrave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/544/162544391_8289b2.jpg)
Vanessa Redgrave (narrator)
UK
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series) - actor, narrator
Wagner (1983) (series)
Political Animals (2012) (series)
![Jenny Agutter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/469/162469969_7a250d.jpg)
Jenny Agutter
UK
Best series:
Red Dwarf (1988) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (1990) (series)
![Laura Main](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/263/158263718_523d67.jpg)
Laura Main
UK
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
The Forsyte Saga (2002) (series)
Father Brown (2013) (series)
![Judy Parfitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272292_732db3.jpg)
Judy Parfitt
UK
Best series:
Yes, Minister (1980) (series)
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
![Helen George](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/156/158156364_076b72.jpg)
Helen George
UK
Best series:
Red Dwarf (1988) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Hotel Babylon (2006) (series)
Bryony Hannah
UK
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
Dead Boss (2012) (series)
![Jessica Raine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/341/161341669_c845ff.jpg)
Jessica Raine
UK
Best series:
Garrow's Law (2009) (series)
Line of Duty (2012) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
![Ben Caplan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058862_9bc181.jpg)
Ben Caplan
Best series:
Band of Brothers (2001) (series)
The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (2014) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
![Pam Ferris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/325/159325806_7bc7c1.jpg)
Pam Ferris
West Germany
Best series:
Luther (2010) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Jane Eyre (2006) (series)
![Hayley Squires](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/608/162608129_8c9e86.jpg)
Hayley Squires
UK
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Inside No. 9 (2014) (series)
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017) (series)
Cliff Parisi
UK
Best series:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
Hustle (2004) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Stephen McGann
UK
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
The Strauss Dynasty (1991) (series)
Bergerac (1981) (series)