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Season 8: Episode 1

Premiere date: March 31, 2019

Join Nonnatus House in welcoming two new nuns. Valerie deals with an unexpected and shocking case. The other midwives must handle a complicated multiple birth.

Season 8: Episode 1

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New Nuns Moving to Poplar

Sister Frances and Mother Mildred discuss a new assignment.

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Call the Midwife Season 8, Episode 1 GIF Recap

Call the Midwife Season 8, Episode 1 GIF Recap

by Emma Goddard | April 01, 2019

Welcome back, ladies and gents. We made it! New year, new us, but also, new midwives. Season 8 welcomes Sister Frances and Sister Hilda to Nonnatus House and Poplar is abuzz with gossip about Queen...

Midwife: 'With ALL Womxn'

Midwife: 'With ALL Womxn'

by Andrea Altomaro | April 01, 2019

Andrea Altomaro says if a nun can put aside all personal beliefs in order to provide empathetic and compassionate care for her patient, all nurses can do the same.

Making Room for Hope and Compassion

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by Deborah McBain | April 01, 2019

Deborah McBain on the secrets and silence communities keep which result in dangerous solutions to problems that then cause more problems.

When Objects Summon Powerful Memories

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by Katie Moriarty | April 01, 2019

Katie Moriarty discusses the difficulty of discarding objects that have a story to tell.

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More Episodes

Episode 1

Meet Nonnatus' two new nuns and see how the midwives handle a complicated multiple birth.

Episode 2

Sister Hilda and the team help a Ghanaian family facing an undiagnosed illness.

Episode 3

Valerie helps a struggling mother accept her son’s birth defect.

Episode 4

The midwives attempt to reunite an estranged mother and daughter who are both pregnant.

Episode 5

A Poplar husband suffers inexplicable pains similar to his wife’s pregnancy symptoms.

Episode 6

Nonnatus House takes on difficult cases, including anthrax fears and an unwed teen mom.

Episode 7

Sister Frances attends her first solo birth. Trixie consoles a patient with an STD.

Episode 8

The Turners prepare to say goodbye to May. Sister Hilda helps a young cancer patient.