Call the midwife

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The call the midwife christmas special is on bbc 1 in 2 parts. The first part will be shown on christmas day at 20:00. The second part will be shown at 19:30 on boxing day. Series 14 will start on 5th January. I am suprised that it has not been renamed as the doctor Turner show.

Thank you for this! I knew I recognised her from somewhere. I didn't watch all of the first series but I remember her now. Nice to see her getting a decent part in something!

I have a disabled son too... 💙

I like it when Trixie's brother is in it, he brings a certain something to the show.

I'd agree that it's a bit poorer than it was and I love the Turners but would also love something thoroughly imperfect to happen to them because nobody is that perfect. But, will the BBC put an end to it? Not if they can help it. This show and Death in Paradise are the most popular shows on television and their series get big ratings whenever they're on. I think there's a gentleness to both that appeals to people. I know I enjoy them both while not thinking that either is particularly good in terms of writing and acting although I'd argue that it's hard to bring "good acting" to some of the scripts.

I enjoyed part two better than part one but was ultimately disappointed that there wasn't at least one devastating death. The death of the convict's mother wasn't devastating because we never got to know her. I'd have had the beautiful little Karen died for maximum tears (including my own if that had happened) and manipulative heartbreak.

Cyril should have left when Lucille did, it was not in her character to just abandon her marriage on the way they did it. Sometimes characters leave abruptly with crap explanations (valerie?) and other times characters stay but you have no idea why they're still there. I wonder how they're going to explain Trixie sticking around after the too-ing and fro-ing last series.

Nancy is being love bombed. But I hope it does work out for her.

We've already had a drug addiction story so I don't think they'll do that again.

Anyone notice all the kids from
The flat, had unusually bright blue eyes at one point. They all looked like they had blue contacts in.

I imagine the Lucille actress got another offer of better work and Trixie's probably hasn't.

I prefer it to the first few series, for some reason I found Jenny Worth infuriating - too do gooderish for anyone's good.

Same with Nancy in the doctors surgery, their filming camera must have some sort of ridiculous blue filter on to bring out all the teal

Loved tonight’s episode. It was definitely stronger than yesterdays.
Especially poignant for me, as this was a show my mum enjoyed, and we used to discuss together. She passed in May.
I had a few tears tonight…Reggie…the fairground family…the destitute family…but the convict’s mum’s funeral had me bawling.
I really hope that Nancy and her new beau end up getting married ♥️
I believe that Trixie’s brother is gay - has that been shown otherwise? Would love to see a storyline about him.

There was a small blow to the perfect Turners in this Christmas special. Karen and her Mum had a lovely tender moment together when Mum taught Karen to pretend her way out of poverty. Immediately before, or after, I can’t remember, they showed Shelagh ignoring her children to watch the TV and chain bake mincepies.

I too noticed the extremely blue eyes throughout.

Anybody know what’s going with with the actor who plays Tim? Was he just unavailable for the Christmas special or has he left?

Think he was busy at uni when the episode was recorded but had expected him to pop up at the end.

It was last year's special I think. Miss H was in India as a young woman, had a relationship and got pregnant with a son, the family wouldn't let her keep him, he came to London decades later to find her, which he did, but then almost immediately dropped dead. He had a son and Miss H is enjoying that relationship now.

I thought this year's special was quite weak. Also how is sister MJ still alive? She must be 100 by now!

Sr MJ must also be the only person ever to recover from dementia!

@RosesAndHellebores I agree about Jenny. Although it could have just been the actress who played her. She was so wooden.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Nancy is being love bombed. I was starting to think I was weird because I saw all sorts of red flags: love bombing, moving very fast and pushing to meeting her young daughter too soon. Seems dangerous, to me.

Also spotted the blue eyes but also was distracted by the obvious poverty set where the poor family was staying, the obvious fake bump for the Indian lady giving birth and trixie's obvious wig. It's like the budget has been cut - or perhaps just all spent on increasing actor salaries?

The meal at the end annoyed me, who were all the flyers for? All the people at the "community meal for lonely and disadvantaged people" were Nonnatus adjacent or that one family.
What was all the palaver about chairs, they could have got a load from the community centre and eaten there too.
Someone should have helped the poor family apply for all the benefits they were entitled to, as they did in a previous series, not saddled them with a load of veg they can't cook.
What happened to the lady that passed out from blood loss after birth? Not even a visit from sr J at the end.

Wasn't there a sort of " moment" between Trixie's brother and the nun when they were together discussing marriage and being spinsters?

I think they're setting Nancy up for the man there grooming her to get access to her daughter.

Must admit, I was a bit disappointed. Still love the programme generally though & looking forward to the new series.

Nancy being groomed by a predator? Oh no, how horrible!

I was wondering if they've introduced a Northern Irish character to coincide with the start of the Troubles (69/70) and are going to give him a back story, maybe a religious difference where his family will oppose their match.

Can't see a grooming story with Nancy, he didn't know she had a daughter when he met her. Quite a few online theories saying he may turn out to be a coercive controller though. Or maybe it will be a nice happy relationship!!

That's what I thought. We could be on our way to a whole series built around problematic love matches - posh midwife and Cyril, Nancy and NI man, ?chutney-making nun and Trixie's brother (marriage of convenience? lavender marriage, if that's the right term?).

Realistically, the series should wind up soon because the real life nuns left the East End and moved to Brum in the early 70s. They're not involved in midwifery or community nursing now, IIRC from a bit of quick googling years ago.

Brilliant! 😂