Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

mistique-86528 The best character disappeared from the show. The new characters lack substance and merely play puppets for Hollywood agendas. Storyline blurs into random political issues verse staying tru to one seamless storyline, actual truths and recorded history. Disappointed stop watching few seasons back.

padmapeg It is a rare gift to watch a show that combines captivating story lines, excellent acting, and relevant themes... along with stories that deeply touch the heart. I am struck by the ways in which compelling stories are met with compassion, without shrinking away from the realities and implications of what happens in human life. A big thank you to writers, directors, producers, and actors... not only is your work incredibly good, it is work that matters. Work with heart and soul and power. Bravo. One of the best shows ever, anywhere.

Collyns This series has been a delightful surprise. It delivers a subject in a way that doesn't feel instructional though clearly it is at many times. How different things were those days and how well people coped. The series is wide-ranging in subject matter. The actors and actresses bring this period to life with no fanfare or overly dramatic portrayals. Each character brings something wonderfully poignant to the episodes.If I had any constructive criticism it would be that some of the nurses wardrobes are a little excessive. These nurses were not highly paid, there is simply no way they could look the way Trixie is often kitted out or Jenny for that matter. The set of the clinic is so pristine and the furniture so spotless its utterly unbelievable. The mothers who often appear in the clinic are the same, too put together, too perfect. They are quite good at sets most of the time its just the occasional slip.My biggest warning would be that it is very addictive to watch and you will find yourself completely drawn into this world.

maria-ricci-1983 **UPDATE AFTER SEASON 6: If I could mark 11 stars, that would be it. The episodes about the Thalidomide children were hard but very well focused and treated. I am intrigued at how they film the scenes with just born babies in the very hands of the actors, with wide shots, not just close-ups. Call the Midwife is a most humanistic show indeed, focused on believable, realistic positive values. In a time when humanism seems to be disgraced and devalued everywhere, it is most welcome in my screen.***This show is extraordinary.It portrays so vividly the changes of an era in Great Britain, when the latter half of the 20th century blasted into people's daily lives at poor East End London, with all its hopes, marvels, progress, and shifts from a traditional to a modern lifestyle.The performances are brilliant; the characters are as lovable as well-written; the atmosphere is perfectly recreated, and though quite serious health and social issues are crudely shown along the episodes, the tone is always permeated with hope, love and joy of living.We do not come from a Christian upbringing, and I am not a Catholic, but I strongly sympathize with the humanistic and sensible approach of Nonnatus House's team of nuns and midwives, where tolerance, acceptance and care for life ranks higher than dogma or empty beliefs.It is very hard to write a really deep, philosophical and poetic show while maintaining a light-hearted spirit and lots of humour, and Call the Midwife really makes it in a masterly way.I have to say it gets better and better as the seasons pass, always intertwining the main characters' personal stories and individual cases with relevant and updated issues of public health and bioethics.By the way, the admirable British public health system, which made wonders in the 50s and 60s and promoted equal access to safety, well-being and human development, also becomes a magnificent political statement in our own age, all the more appreciated in a retrospective look.There is nothing to complain about of this show, which exerts an honest, compelling, deeply satisfying magnetism on viewers.For those of us who love motherhood, babies and pregnancies, there is the unique plus of rejoicing at the sight of so many just born babies at the moment of delivery, in a remarkably natural and non-sensationalist feat of cinematography. You can feel the unmistakable miracle of life in each episode, with its sufferings and joys, which is so unusual among a current TV grid full of violence, special effects, overt sex, glorified evil and frenzied action.Kudos to BBC! Yes, they have made it again, once more!