General Chat

Does anyone know when this series starts on beeb1 for a sunday night.....

based in the 1950s in the east end of London.

I think it is Sunday 15th 9 PM BBC1.

Should be good. I really enjoyed the book.

EDIT: Should read 8 PM !!!

& Miranda Hart is taking the lead, should be brill :-D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/030112midwife.html

Gosh Kay............."Call the Midwife"

You had me boiling the kettle ready to deliver!! :-D

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Begins this evening at 8 PM.

Well I enjoyed it but am worn out - cannot cope with contractions anymore!

I agree Chris I really enjoyed it, I was sadden to learn that Jennifer Worth has now passed away I have read I think 3 of her books, but I thought it was very well made and interesting 25 babies in how any years?

Excellent.

I think the script was written by Heidi Thomas of "Cranford" and "Lilies". Wasn't a member here a relative of hers?

well Mr Warren brought her back with him from Spanish civl wars and it was 1957 and they had had 2 sets of twins - so 23 pregnancies so must have had a babe about every 10 mths or so too late to work out the mathematics.

Please don't talk about this - I recorded it and haven't watched it yet :-D

Me neither.....looking forward to it....

The war was from 1936 till 1939 thes 23 pregnancies in 18/20 years :-(

superb and so true to the books,


if you aint seen it,


well it went like this......... :-D :-D :-D

I must be the only one who didn't enjoy it. It was far too predictable and 'stagey'. Mind you I have been watching those Danish thrillers lately so maybe I expected too much! Was disappointed. The smog was good though :-D

Oooh, nothing like a good smog, BC :-D

I have read the book so I was expecting it anyway....evening darling how are you :-D :-D :-D

I did think the housing conditions were a tad off but knew that housing conditions even after the war had not moved on that much. Felt that they were more applicable to the thirties perhaps. Am sure there will be a GR member who can tell us otherwise.

I do recall my midwife on her bike! This was in 1958 my first born in the Spring. I was terrified of going to hospital as cousin had had a still born girl. My GP said in all her years she had never had a still born at home - because there was always someone there. As it was when the great evening arrived after a castor oil sandwich (who remembers those?) I had 2 midwives and 3 drs! Second birth had to go to cottage hospital (own but different gp) and was on my own most of time up till the last hour. That finished me contributing to world population.

Goodness, Chris, I thought you were about the same age as me! I was 11 in 1958 - you're definitely 'young at heart'! Lovely lady :-D