‘Call the Midwife’ review: This year’s Christmas special is all about the small things

As in so many episodes of Call the Midwife, the theme of this year’s Christmas special is spelled out by Vanessa Redgrave as the older Jenny Lee in the opening voiceover. “The most precious gifts cost nothing whatsoever,” she says, before an episode that is all about selflessness and thinking of others. Exploring the power behind simply … >

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BBC One orders three more seasons of ‘Call the Midwife’

Call the Midwife will run for at least nine seasons, the BBC has confirmed today. Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content, and Piers Wenger, Director of BBC Drama Commissioning, have announced the commission of Season 7, Season 8 and Season 9. The commission consists of eight 60-minute episodes in each season, plus three more Christmas specials. Call the … >

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‘Call the Midwife’ Season 6 storylines to include the Pill and the Kray twins

The creator of Call the Midwife has promised “new challenges and new triumphs” when the show returns next year. This year’s Christmas special began filming in South Africa near Cape Town in April. Eight new episodes will follow in early 2017. Now set in 1962, Season 6 is being filmed on location at the historic Chatham dockyard, London’s East End, and the drama’s … >

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Win every episode of ‘Miranda’ on DVD!

Every episode of the BBC’s hit comedy Miranda is included in the new complete box set, out now from 4DVD > Buy the box set on Amazon. To celebrate the release, we’ve got box sets to give away to three of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and … >

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‘Spy’ movie review

Following the huge success of 2011’s Bridesmaids and 2013’s The Heat, Melissa McCarthy and director Paul Feig have become the most reliable director/actor duo since Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s heyday. And whilst McCarthy’s recent films (Tammy) have seen her tread familiar ground, Spy is a departure in style and one heck of a risk. … >

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‘Call the Midwife’ Season 4 finale review

Like the best episodes of Call the Midwife, Season 4’s finale is at once uplifting and heartbreakingly sad. And, really, if there’s anything the episode is about, it’s how the good always comes with the bad; it’s most explicitly stated in a single, brief conversation between Tom and Trixie: she on the way back from delivering a child, … >

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‘Call the Midwife’ Season 4 Episode 7 review

The idea of two babies being accidentally swapped and given to different mothers is a nightmare scenario for new parents and the last thing you’d expect the diligent midwives of Nonnatus House to do. But a water shortage and a fire in the maternity home lead to exactly that happening here, and the weight of the … >

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‘Call the Midwife’ Season 4 episode guide

Call the Midwife returns to BBC One for a fourth season. > Buy the complete Season 1-3 boxset on Amazon.   Christmas 2014 special Thursday 25 December 2014, 7.50pm > Read our review. The episode opens in 2005. Jennifer Worth is at home preparing for Christmas with husband Philip, and as she reminisces about her … >

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‘Call the Midwife’ Season 4 Episode 6 review

Easily the most compelling story within Call the Midwife’s sixth episode of the season is that of Paulette (Nell Hudson). A 17-year-old diabetic who discovers she is pregnant and is presented with the possibility of a dangerous pregnancy or a legal abortion (rare at the time but available because having the baby could harm its health and … >

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‘Call the Midwife’ Season 4 Episode 5 review

It’s unusual for a one-hour drama to feel rushed, but this week’s Call the Midwife does juggle a little more than it can manage to. The pacing is just a little off, even if the story beats are still moving and compelling. While we remain without any sign of Chummy, and Sister Evangelina has been gone … >

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