Judy Parfitt
Series
Call the midwife volume 8
Publisher
BBC studios
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s.
A drama about the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London. It is now 1964 and times are changing, from the introduction of the contraceptive pill, to cancer-screening programs, and the construction of new high-rise buildings. The nuns and nurses continue to face challenging...
2) The couple
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A Jewish Hungarian is forced to hand over his wealth to the Nazis for the safe passage of his family out of occupied Europe, only to find his two remaining servants are left trapped in a web of deceit and danger, and he is their only hope for survival.
Series
Call the Midwife volume 7
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"True-to-life look at the exhilarating stories of a midwife in poverty-stricken East London in the 1950s"--Container.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
17-year-old Griet must work to support her family, so she becomes a maid in the house of Johannes Vermeer, where she attracts the master painter's attention. He is commissioned to paint Griet, and the result is one of the greatest paintings ever created.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
Series
Call the midwife volume 6
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When the rather austere Sister Ursula is appointed the new head of Nonnatus house, Sister Julienne finds herself demoted and working back alongside the midwives as an ordinary member of staff.
Series
Call the midwife volume Season 1
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Call the midwife is a moving, intimate, funny, and above all, true-to-life look at the exhilarating stories of a midwife in povery-stricken East London in the 1950s, based on Jennifer Worth's best-selling memoirs.
9) W./E
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1998, lonely New Yorker Wally Winthrop is obsessed with what she perceives as the ultimate love story: King Edward VIII's abdication of the British throne for the woman he loved, American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Winthrop's research reveals that the couple's life together was not as perfect as she thought.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Sister Monica Joan goes missing at Christmas time leaving the nuns and nurses distraught. Trixie, having battled through her issues with alcohol, finds a new purpose in her keep fit classes. And could friendship blossom into something more for vicar Tom Hereward and Barbara? Meanwhile, a string of babies born with severe and devastating deformities, casts a dark shadow over the entire team at Nonnatus House as they struggle to understand why."--Container....