

5.059 minSeason 15 • Episode 8
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Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
Writing
Heidi Thomas turns memoir into social history with zero condescension.
Costume
That coral pink uniform—iconic, historically precise, devastating.
Acting
Judy Parfitt's Sister Monica Joan: chaos nun, absolute legend.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Jennifer Worth never met the midwives she wrote about—she fictionalised composites from her supervisor's stories, meaning 'based on true events' is layers deep.
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