Call the Midwife - Season 5 (2016) (season)
Creators:
Heidi ThomasDirected by:
Lisa ClarkeScreenplay:
Heidi ThomasCinematography:
Len GowingComposer:
Maurizio MalagniniCast:
Vanessa Redgrave (narrator), Jenny Agutter, Laura Main, Judy Parfitt, Helen George, Bryony Hannah, Jack Ashton, Emerald Fennell, Charlotte Ritchie, Victoria Yeates, Linda Bassett, Rosie Jones (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
The world may be moving forward, but women are still labouring under the social pressure of shame. When a spate of violent attacks on women brings a state of fear to Poplar, prostitute Lizzie is too ashamed of social judgement to report it. This allows a dangerous man to go free and impacts directly on the residents of Nonnatus House. It's shame that also makes mother Thora conceal her young daughter Diane's pregnancy, afraid of the neighbourhood gossip and the impact on her future. The secret pregnancy threatens Diane's life after Thora takes matters into her own hands. After an especially busy period, Shelagh and Timothy secretly organise to take Dr Turner on a long-overdue family camping holiday, but a freak summer thunderstorm threatens to dampen their enthusiasm. (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)
![Jack Ashton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/396/166396198_172867.jpg)
Jack Ashton
UK
Best series:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Broadchurch (2013) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
![Emerald Fennell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/974/163974993_c941ff.jpg)
Emerald Fennell
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Victoria (2016) (series)
![Charlotte Ritchie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/320/164320421_728128.jpg)
Charlotte Ritchie
UK
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Ghosts (2019) (series)
![Victoria Yeates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/233/166233277_a8724e.jpg)
Victoria Yeates
UK
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Lip Service (2010) (series)
A Discovery of Witches (2018) (series)
![Linda Bassett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/363/162363105_aff123.jpg)
Linda Bassett
UK
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) (series)
Our Mutual Friend (1998) (series)
Rosie Jones
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Bodyguard (2018) (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)
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)
![Kate Lamb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/396/166396200_c29851.jpg)
Kate Lamb
Best series:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Silk (2011) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
![Jasmyn Banks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/412/166412986_dd2959.jpg)
Jasmyn Banks
UK
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
A Very English Scandal (2018) (series)
Quiz (2020) (series)
![Max Macmillan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/413/166413015_87e896.jpg)
Max Macmillan
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)