Sunday 3 May, 1:55pm - 3:15pmon U&Drama+1

Call the Midwife

Name: 12:45am - Series 8 Episode 1
Start: 2026-05-03T23:45:00Z
End: 2026-05-04T01:05:00Z
Location: U&Drama

Series 8 Episode 1

Nonnatus House welcomes two new nuns, Valerie deals with a shocking case that arrives unexpectedly, and the other midwives must handle a complicated multiple birth.

Category: Drama / Historical drama / Medical
Original air date: 13/01/2019

Cast and crew

Miriam MargolyesMother Mildred
Leonie ElliottNurse Lucille Anderson
Linda BassettNurse Phyllis Crane
Helen GeorgeNurse Beatrix `Trixie' Franklin
Fenella WoolgarSister Hilder
Jennifer KirbyValerie Dyer
Ella BruccoleriSister Frances
Judy ParfittSister Monica Joan
Victoria YeatesSister Winifred
Georgie GlenMiss Higgins
Laura MainShelagh Turner (formerly Sister Bernadette)
Stephen McGannDr. Patrick Turner
Cliff ParisiFred Buckle
Annabelle ApsionViolet Buckle
Vanessa RedgraveVoice of Jennifer Worth
Satnam BhogalMr Mahmood
Emily BarberCath Hindman
Jordan StevensLesley Whyte
April HoangMay Tang
Alice BrownAngela Turner
Max MacmillanTimothy Turner
Jenny AgutterSister Julienne
Harry HaynesNed Whyte
Antonio MagroClark Lombardi
Jessica ClarkeMargaret Lombardi
Trevor CooperSergeant Woolf
Jack ChurmsConstable
Nicky GoldieAunt Flo

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