Call the Midwife

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British television series medical drama television series period drama television series

Call the Midwife is a British period drama television series that follows a group of midwives working in London’s impoverished East End during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Label	Occurrences
Call the Midwife canonical	19
Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth	1
Call the Midwife: The Casebook	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British television series ⓘ medical drama television series ⓘ period drama television series ⓘ
awardReceived	National Television Award ⓘ surface form: National Television Award for Most Popular Drama
basedOn	Call the Midwife self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth ⓘ surface form: Farewell to the East End by Jennifer Worth Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	Heidi Thomas ⓘ
distributor	BBC Studios ⓘ
featuresOrganization	Nonnatus House ⓘ Order of St. Raymond Nonnatus ⓘ
filmingLocation	Chatham Dockyard ⓘ surface form: Chatham Historic Dockyard London, England ⓘ surface form: London
firstAired	2012-01-15 ⓘ
firstAiredOnChannel	BBC One ⓘ
genre	historical drama ⓘ medical drama ⓘ period drama ⓘ
hasFormat	television series ⓘ
hasSpecialEpisodeType	Christmas special ⓘ
hasSpinOffOrRelatedWork	Call the Midwife self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Call the Midwife: The Casebook
hasTheme	midwifery ⓘ poverty in post-war Britain ⓘ social change ⓘ women’s health ⓘ
mainCharacter	Barbara Gilbert ⓘ Chummy Noakes ⓘ Cynthia Miller ⓘ Delia Busby ⓘ Dr Patrick Turner ⓘ Jenny Lee ⓘ Lucille Anderson ⓘ Phyllis Crane ⓘ Shelagh Turner ⓘ Sister Evangelina ⓘ Sister Julienne ⓘ Sister Monica Joan ⓘ Trixie Franklin ⓘ Valerie Dyer ⓘ
narratedBy	Vanessa Redgrave ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastBy	BBC ⓘ
originalNetwork	BBC One ⓘ
productionCompany	Neal Street Productions ⓘ
setInTimePeriod	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ
settingLocation	East End of London ⓘ Poplar, London ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

Call the Midwife → hasSpinOffOrRelatedWork → Call the Midwife self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Call the Midwife: The Casebook

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