Is Call The Midwife good?

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It's on BBC Iplayer as a box set and I'm looking for something new(to me) to watch but is it all just babies being born(which doesn't interest me all that much) or do they have storylines that focus on other issues?

It's brilliant with great storylines.

I absolutely love it 💖
It's my favourite Christmas watch x

I love it, before i started watching it i assumed it was all babies being born and thats why i put off watching it. Totally addictive, highly recommend it, good story lines..

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I does start off really good I think, I can’t remember how far I got into it but it was quite far before I was just bored with the constant repeat. There’s like a baby born every episode.

There's loads that's about nursing, and also story lines about the characters are just about life, so it's about all ages and life really. I find the history interesting and the health stuff, and although the story usually centres around a pregnant woman it's usually much more to do with her family and circumstances and the time period and poverty than it is about having babies. There's a lot about mental health and disability and the laws of the time.

It's very sweet and tame but there's something really watchable about it. I thought I wouldn't like it but did.

Reflects the ages I grew up in. Absolutely brilliant series!

When it was based on the books it was fantastic but I found after that the quality dipped and got totally fed up of the doctor being shoe horned into the story line, producers husband so understandable I suppose.

Excellent program.

LOVE IT.

Well as you can expect you do see quite alot of babies arriving! But it is really about the midwives/nuns and the population of the working class area of London and how society was at that time. Lovely show.

I wouldn’t call it sweet and tame in as much as it covers some pretty upsetting topics. It’s one of the only things I’ve ever known make my husband cry.

Later episodes are definitely way too doctor-heavy.

Great social history, leads up to and then passes the time I was born. Given me great insight into how women like my mum were treated (unmarried mother).

I love it. Great binge watch.

The books are brilliant so I'd definitely recommend those. I enjoyed the tv series too.

The older ones (based on Jennifer Worth’s bools) are much grittier than the new ones (invented by scriptwriters). Great social history and very watchable.

It's great, I've watched every episode at least once. Can't wait for the new series.

I really love it, even if the new seasons should be renamed the Dr Turner Show. It’s heartbreaking at times, it doesn’t shy away from upsetting topics but I love the storylines and the history behind it.

My absolute FAVOURITE! The characters are just adorable and I wish I lived in 1960s Poplar

I love it. When the season is on, I kick kids and DH out of the room at 8:00 on a Sunday. I settle myself with the cat, a cup of tea and a box of tissues. And I’m sorted for the rest of the week.

Thank you all. It sounds like I'll enjoy it then, especially if it deals with social issues.

Brilliant watch. I loved it. If you can, read the books first, you can tell when the storylines are written more recently!

I started off loving it but at a certain point, the storylines became so depressing I couldn't stand another hours misery

I stopped roughly around when a fun character left and there was this horrible episode about the neglect of small children and just when you think it's turned a corner the voiceover ends by telling you that they went on to be abused further by other adults.

As it is based off a true story, but made up entirely by this point in the series there was just no need for so much misery porn.

It's briliant.