Rotten Tomatoes

Movies / TV

    Celebrity

      No Results Found

      View All
      Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

      Season 2 – Call the Midwife

      2013 Holiday Drama List
      83% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 90% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Adapted by Heidi Thomas from the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth, this drama series is a moving, funny, colorful look at midwifery and family in 1950s East End London. It follows newly qualified midwife Jenny, who joins an eccentric, lovable community of nuns who are nurses at Nonnatus House. Jenny is surprised to find herself at a convent -- she thought she was being sent to a small private hospital -- and is initially daunted by her surroundings, most notably the formidable Sister Evangelina and the unconventional Sister Monica Joan. But Jenny gradually begins to find her way and develops incredible friendships among the nurses, as they are drawn into the lives and homes of the women and families they treat. Read More Read Less Watch on Vudu Premiered Apr 15 Buy Now

      Where to Watch

      Call the Midwife — Season 2

      Vudu Netflix Prime Video Apple TV

      Watch Call the Midwife — Season 2 with a subscription on Netflix, or buy it on Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV.

      Cast & Crew

      Episodes

      Episode 1 Aired Jan 20, 2013 Jenny celebrates her birthday; Jenny worries about a patient's safety; Trixie and Sister Evangelina look after the daughter of a Swedish ship's captain. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 27, 2013 Cynthia questions her abilities when the Kelly family's newborn son dies under unexplained circumstances. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 3, 2013 Jenny is uneasy about her temporary assignment working under an intimidating surgeon; pregnancy affects a set of identical twins. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 10, 2013 Jenny and Sister Evangelina assist with the birth of a baby born with spina bifida; an eccentric cleric befriends Jane. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 17, 2013 The whole community prepares for the annual summer fete; Jenny meets a distraught mother of eight. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 24, 2013 Dr. Turner manages to get Poplar included in the mass X-ray screening program for TB; Jenny's district nursing rounds introduce her to a family who have been devastated by the disease. Details Episode 7 Aired Mar 3, 2013 Cynthia administers insulin to a man who bullies his wife; Jenny cares for a black mother-to-be who is subjected to racism; Fred teaches the midwives to ride a scooter. Details Episode 8 Aired Mar 10, 2013 Chummy and PC Noakes settle back into life in Poplar; Fred's pregnant daughter and her young son arrive for a visit; the convent is threatened by developers. Details

      Critics Reviews

      View All (6) Critics Reviews
      Ben Walsh Independent (UK) This superior soap about the midwives and nuns of Nonnatus House is still defiantly worthy and faintly patronising. Rated: 3/5 Sep 19, 2013 Full Review Gail Pennington St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sweet and heartwarming (and heart-wrenching), Call the Midwife is a lovely look at female friendships. Rated: 3/4 Mar 31, 2013 Full Review Sam Wollaston Guardian It's all very nicely shot, but there's both a dreary worthiness and a quaintness to Call the Midwife, wrapped in a kind of sentimental greetings card morality. Jan 20, 2013 Full Review Anne Brodie What She Said It's a rich well of stories of women. Jan 4, 2021 Full Review Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter Call the Midwife is a celebration of life Aug 11, 2017 Full Review J.M. Suarez PopMatters Call the Midwife continues to be a highly enjoyable story about a very specific and underrepresented group of women in a time when their independence and skill was the exception. Rated: 8/10 Sep 19, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

      Audience Reviews

      View All (4) audience reviews
      Bla M Fantastic second season, even better than the first one! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/16/22 Full Review simonomis Simply amazing. I love every single episode! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/30/22 Full Review Audience Member Good lessons in how best to live. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member "the world is full of love that goes unspoken. doesn’t mean that it is felt less deeply or that separation leaves a cleaner wound. it’s beauty and it’s pain are in it’s silence. " Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

      Season Info

      Director
      Roger Goldby, Minkie Spiro, China Moo-Young, Philippa Lowthorpe
      Screenwriter
      Heidi Thomas, Harriet Warner, John Martin Johnson, Mark Catley, Jess Williams
      Network
      BBC
      Rating
      TV-14
      Genre
      Holiday, Drama
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Release Date
      Jan 20, 2013
      More Top TV Picks Netflix