In season one we are introduced to the local community through the eyes of young nurse Jenny Lee as she lives and works as a midwife alongside the Nuns of the Order of St. Raymond of Nonnatus in the deprived Poplar district of London's desperately poor East End in the 1950s.

Avg Rating

7.7

6 rated

Best Episode

8.1

E3 · Episode 3

Lowest Rated

7.2

E1 · Episode 1

Runtime

5h 12m

6 episodes

Seasons

S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15

Episodes

E1 · Episode 1

Low

Jan 15, 2012·52m

Jenny Lee start her midwife career at Nonnatus House in London. She is surprised to find that it is a nursing convent and not a hospital. Her first case is a woman pregnant for the 25th time!

7.2

E2 · Episode 2

Jan 22, 2012·52m

A new girl arrives Nonnatus House and finds it hard to earn the respect of Sister Evangelina. Jenny sees an unfamiliar darker side of life following an encounter with a runaway.

7.9

E3 · Episode 3

Best

Jan 29, 2012·52m

Jenny does some district nursing to extend her community practice experience and befriends an old soldier with awful leg ulcers. Trixie and Cynthia enrol Winnie Lawson as a new patient.

8.1

E4 · Episode 4

Feb 5, 2012·52m

A baby girl is snatched from her pram and the local community unites for the search. Cynthia sees another sort of loss as she tends to soon-to-be parents David and Margaret.

7.7

E5 · Episode 5

Feb 12, 2012·52m

When Peggy’s brother is diagnosed with cancer, Jenny and the nuns are called upon to care for him. Jenny gets to know the siblings better. The Nonnatus House residents get involved in Fred’s latest money-making scheme which involves a pig called Evie.

7.3

E6 · Episode 6

Feb 19, 2012·52m

When Chummy's imperious mother visits and disapproves of Peter Noakes, Chummy defies her mother and has her wedding on her own terms. Senile Sister Monica Joan is arrested for shoplifting.

8.1

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