Call The Midwife

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Call The Midwife

Season 2 | Episode 1 | ABC | March 24, 2013

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Classification: Parental Guidance

Christmas is coming and in Poplar the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House are busier than ever. When an abandoned baby is discovered on the steps of the convent, the whole community rallies round to provide food and clothing and to try and trace his mother. Who would be desperate enough to do such a thing?

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Christmas is coming and in Poplar the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House are busier than ever. When an abandoned baby is discovered on the steps of the convent, the whole community rallies round to provide food and clothing and to try and trace his mother. Who would be desperate enough to do such a thing?

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