Call the Midwife, I love Sunday night telly!!

[BrightnessFalls]

well, I will do for the next six weeks

Ooh thanks for that interesting historical nugget ppeat

• I've got quite into history since having the DCs and finding out a bit about our family history - and also I think just from that sense of continuity with the past you get from raising the next generation

I wonder if women's increasing interest in history is one of the main reasons for the "surprise" success of both "Call the Midwife" and "Downton Abbey" etc.
I think there's room for further growth in drama's from a female perspective

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Well Tange As you put 'surprise' in inverted commas you are also aware that everyone loves good, thoughtful well written, acted and directed drama whether historic, or not. I've always wondered why the telly powers - that - be put a sneer in their voices when talking about costume dramas. It's the BAD dramas they should be sneering at and sadly there are far too many of them!! Did you watch the Hour? It was a lost opportunity IMO and Upst. Downst. seems to be lacking something (good writing perhaps?).

But i understand your POV on history it seems to be more of a female thing esp. as we get older!

Methe There's going to be 8 more HOORAY!!! I don't know when though

Well I just googled C.T.M. and guess what? Heidi Thomas the writer also wrote Upst. Downst. !!!! But I can't believe she did it on her own 'cos she wrote Cranford too and that was much better than U.D. IMO so there must be a lot of input from others in U.D. IYSWIM!

According to Miranda Hart's website Chummy will appear in series 2

Yay :)

Big lurve for Chummy x

Can't stand U.D. Am a Downton girl.
Crawford was excellent tho, I hung on every word

Cranford!!!

Ive enjoyed it so much

Who played the doctor? he looks familiar.

The Dr was one of the McGann brothers

Stephen, by the looks of it!

According to Wiki, his wife was the screenwriter for CTM!

Yes Iam totally with you Merlot .

I wonder if she was the reason for it's success*diddl?

All those Mcgann brothers are handsome.

Has the series finished now or is it on next week?

Just logged on to BBC iPlayer for my weekly catch up. I didn't realise the series had finished.