Call the Midwife: The Casebook

Directed by James Brailsford and Clare Lewins
2017    58m
Documentary
8.8
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Actor Stephen McGann, who plays Dr Patrick Turner, takes a look at the social and medical changes that were happening in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s. He speaks with the people who work behind the scenes at Call the Midwife, as well as real midwives, nuns, and doctors who helped deliver babies during the era. This program also features clips from past episodes of Call the Midwife as well as a preview of the upcoming sixth series.
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Cast of Call the Midwife: The Casebook
  • Stephen McGannSelf - Presenter
  • Antonia BruceSelf - Former Midwife Poplar 1950s
  • Terri CoatesSelf - Midwifery Advisor 'Call the Midwife'
  • Pippa HarrisSelf - Executive Producer 'Call the Midwife'
  • Heidi ThomasSelf - Creator, Writer and Executive Producer 'Call the Midwife'
  • Janette AlloteySelf - Childbirth Historian, University of Manchester - Chair of De Partu
  • Nick HedgesSelf - Photographer
  • Eleanor StewartSelf - Former Nun and Midwife
  • Aneira ThomasSelf - First baby born under the new NHS
  • Rosaleen Moriarty-SimmondsSelf - Thalidomide Survivor & Disability Rights Campaigner
  • Valerie JonesSelf - Retired Doctor
  • Jenny AgutterSister Julienne
  • Annabelle ApsionViolet Buckle
  • Linda BassettNurse Phyllis Crane
  • Aneurin BevanSelf - NHS Founder
  • Alice BrownAngela Turner
  • Ben CaplanSgt Peter Noakes
  • Emerald FennellNurse Patsy Mount
  • Pam FerrisSister Evangelina
  • Becci GemmellRuby Cottingham
  • Helen GeorgeNurse Trixie Franklin
  • Bryony HannahSister Mary Cynthia
  • Ty HurleyPasser-By
  • Jennifer KirbyValerie Dyer
  • Kate LambNurse Delia Busby
  • Laura MainShelagh Turner
  • William McBrideSelf - Doctor
  • Clare McGannSelf - Stephen McGann's Sister
  • Clare McGannSelf - Stephen McGann's Mother
  • Joe McGannSelf - Stephen McGann's Brother
  • Joe McGannSelf - Stephen McGann's Father
  • Mark McGannSelf - Stephen McGann's Brother
  • Paul McGannSelf - Stephen McGann's Brother
  • James McLellandPerry Mullucks
  • Judy ParfittSister Monica Joan
  • Cliff ParisiFred Buckle
  • Jessica RaineJenny Lee
  • Edna May ReesSelf - Aneira Thomas' Mother
  • Hannah ReesSelf - Aneira Thomas' Great Grandmother and Midwife
  • Willie ReesSelf - Aneira Thomas' Father
  • Charlotte RitchieNurse Barbara Gilbert
  • Sadie ShimminMeg Mahoney
  • Lucy SpeedZelda
  • Carolina ValdésConchita Warren
  • Jack VealKevin Lunt
  • Harriet WalterSister Ursula
  • Liz WhiteRhoda Mullucks
  • Jennifer WorthSelf - Writer 'Call the Midwife'
  • Victoria YeatesSister Winifred
  • Ann TricklebankSelf

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