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Call the Midwife Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Season 1 opens in 1957 with young nurse Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine), who hails from the wealthy English countryside, discovering that her first placement is not the private hospital she'd expected, but Nonnatus House, a clinic run by an order of nursing nuns in London's impoverished East End. Among the patients she helps: a woman on her 25th pregnancy, a 15-year-old prostitute and an elderly soldier suffering from leg ulcers. While Jenny adjusts to her new life, fellow rookie Chummy (Miranda Hart) gets off on the wrong foot with Sister Evangelina (Pam Ferris) due to her inability to ride a bike, a skill that's needed in order to reach patients.
Episode 1
Episode 1
Sun, Jan 15, 2012 57 mins
The drama about a young midwife in 1950s-era East London opens with Jenny Lee's arrival at Nonnatus House, a convent of nursing nuns that's a far cry from the private hospital she expected. Her first case: caring for a woman who's on her 25th pregnancy.
Episode 2
Episode 2
Sun, Jan 22, 2012 57 mins
New arrival Chummy is welcomed by Jenny, but she gets off on the wrong foot with Sister Evangelina due to her inability to ride a bike and her overwhelming desire to please. In other events, Jenny meets a pregnant young runaway.
Episode 3
Episode 3
Sun, Jan 29, 2012 57 mins
Jenny befriends an old soldier while serving on the district nursing roster. Trixie and Cynthia, meanwhile, treat a middle-aged woman who thought her childbearing years were behind her.
Episode 4
Episode 4
Sun, Feb 5, 2012 57 mins
The community joins together in the search for a baby girl who was snatched from her baby carriage. Cynthia, meanwhile, cares for a young wife and soon-to-be mother who's developed eclampsia.
Episode 5
Episode 5
Sun, Feb 12, 2012 57 mins
Jenny helps the nuns care for Peggy's brother Frank, who's dying of cancer. Meanwhile, the other residents try to help with his latest money-making scheme: raising a pig named Evie for bacon.
Episode 6
Episode 6
Sun, Feb 19, 2012 57 mins
In the Season 1 finale, Sister Monica Joan develops pneumonia and is later accused of theft, with the real possibility that she could be sentenced to jail causing much concern within the Nonnatus House community. In other events, Chummy's mother visits in order to meet her new beau.
