Midwife

Call the Midwife has been an extraordinary success for the BBC.

Why we can't get enough of childbirth on TV 2012

Call the Midwife is a drama about the female experience, that is all, she says.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Morwenna Ferrier 2012

Print Call the Midwife set to return for a second series Comedian Miranda Hart stars in her first dramatic role as midwife Chummy A second series of BBC One's Call the Midwife has been commissioned after the drama's opening episode attracted nearly 10 million viewers.

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"Born in pain, followed by joy or tragedy and anguish," says the narrator at the start of Call the Midwife.

Why we can't get enough of childbirth on TV 2012

TV has been so thrill-free so far this year that highlights have included Call The Midwife, Andrew Marr trying to insert his face into the Queen's bum crevice, and Denise Welsh flashing her scones, hooting "Eeee, I'm bonkers I am" on Celeb Big Brother, then weeping about it on Loose Women.

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And this is weird, for a number of reasons: first, as Pippa Harris, the executive producer of Call the Midwife, says: Everyone goes through it, you're either born or your child is born.

Why we can't get enough of childbirth on TV 2012

We didn't expect to write "syphilitic vulvas", "pre-watershed" and "Jenny Agutter" in the same sentence, but yes, BBC1's new Sunday night drama Call The Midwife has them all.

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Not really as a response to OBEM, just because it is quite classy, Call the Midwife also has a gritty, warts-and-all approach.

Why we can't get enough of childbirth on TV 2012

Call The Midwife Sun, 8pm, BBC1 continues its sexy blend of charming Sunday night nostalgia, Miranda Hart and the agony of human birth.

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Based on the books by Jennifer Worth, Call The Midwife has been called "cosy and predictable" by certain critics.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Allison Pearson 2012