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Call The Midwife is free on MPT
https://video.mpt.tv/video/call-the-midwife-season-9-episode-1/ ^ | vanity

Posted on 03/29/2020 5:20:47 PM PDT by pnut22

Others may know about this, but it's new to me. I stumbled across it at of all places, DU. I believe it's Maryland Public Television.


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Not as good as Downton Abbey but we ladies will enjoy it.
1 posted on 03/29/2020 5:20:47 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: pnut22

My wife is a big fan.


2 posted on 03/29/2020 5:23:44 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: pnut22

This is SUCH a good series!


3 posted on 03/29/2020 5:24:08 PM PDT by silverleaf (Remember kids: You can vote your way into communism, but you have to shoot your way out!)
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Excellent and earnest.
The Christmas episodes are usually excellent.
It British, I think, and PBS shows it here like they did Downton.

Enjoy


4 posted on 03/29/2020 5:26:00 PM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: silverleaf

Agreed, an outstanding series, superb acting, great period props etc.


5 posted on 03/29/2020 5:27:14 PM PDT by tomkat
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Yes, it’s a Brit production, set in the dockyards area of the east side of London.


6 posted on 03/29/2020 5:28:53 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: pnut22

Ten times better than Downton Abbey. Midwife demonstrates a love for others expressed in deeds that puts the snooties to shame.


7 posted on 03/29/2020 5:34:12 PM PDT by amihow
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To: pnut22
I recommend:


8 posted on 03/29/2020 5:46:18 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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It is a very poignant series. The characterizations are deep and human, even if some of the drama is a little heavy on the bathos. And I get confused over the dividing line between the midwives and the nuns. I get that not all the former are the latter, but I don't understand how a convent employs lay people to augment their own staff.

But those details don't detract from the warmth and humanity of the stories.

9 posted on 03/29/2020 5:55:03 PM PDT by IronJack
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It’s horrid!!!!! Your right my wife liked it until one episode where a women had 8 kids and got pregnant. Of course had an abortion. The end showed the happy family walking together into the sunset. Gross! The baby didn’t have complications. Just a mom not wanting another kid. The show has zero morals. Thankfully my wife dropped the crap after that episode.


10 posted on 03/29/2020 6:40:58 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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Earlier episodes are better than later.
Entertaining.
Great character actors Jenny Agutter. Judy Parfitt, Linda Bassett and more.


11 posted on 03/29/2020 7:45:56 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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I totally agree. I liked when the original nurse that the series was about was still there.


12 posted on 03/29/2020 8:33:00 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: wally_bert

My wife rarely watches TV, but she is a big fan of this show. I absolutely hate it.

A show that prominently features crying babies and women in labor. What’s not to love? /sarc


13 posted on 03/29/2020 9:43:52 PM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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