Call the Midwife - Series 5

In season five, Sister Monica Joan goes missing at Christmas time leaving the nuns and nurses distraught. Shelagh rushes to put together a children’s choir in time for a BBC broadcast from the church. Elsewhere Trixie, having battled through her issues with alcohol, finds a new purpose in her keep fit classes. And could friendship blossom into something more for vicar Tom Hereward and Barbara?

8 Episodes

Episode 1

Season 5 - Episode 1

When a baby is born with severe deformities of the kind later identified as caused by the drug thalidomide, the midwives find it difficult t...

Episode 2

Season 5 - Episode 2

Barbara treats a pregnant woman whose dockworker husband is struggling to support her as opportunities for work dry up. She is forced into a...

Episode 3

Season 5 - Episode 3

A outbreak of typhoid erupts, and suspicion over who the carrier could be threatens to break apart a closely knit family. Sister Winfred fac...

Episode 4

Season 5 - Episode 4

Sister Julienne is seconded to a maternity ward, and is impressed by how modern technology is being used to help the mothers - but is left w...

Episode 5

Season 5 - Episode 5

Turner and Shelagh are at the forefront of the advances in medical technology, and begin a campaign to ensure better respiratory health for ...

Episode 6

Season 5 - Episode 6

Poplar is rocked by a series of violent attacks on women, and a prostitute is too ashamed to report what she knows - but her actions lead to...

Episode 7

Season 5 - Episode 7

The introduction of the contraceptive pill is welcomed by Dr Turner, but some of his colleagues are less keen on the idea. Patsy tries to he...

Episode 8

Season 5 - Episode 8

Dr Turner is horrified to realise he may be partly to blame as the cause of the recent rise in birth deformities comes to light, and tries t...