Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms
Created by Heidi Thomas
On BBC One
A wartime prequel to Call the Midwife that grounds the series' themes of community care and resilience in the material hardship and aerial bombardment of 1939 London.
In September 1939, Nonnatus House is the beating heart of the East End community of Poplar. The nurses and nuns dedicate their lives to mothers, babies and the poor. But there is no gas and air, no penicillin, no cure for TB, and no welfare state. Then war is declared — and life gets even harder. While bombs rain from the sky, women give birth underground, families are shattered and whole streets are reduced to ruins. But courage and resilience triumphs as the community unites to survive.
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Is Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms sad? Yes. More sad than 79% of series.
Does Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms leave you hopeful? Somewhat. More hopeful than 69% of series.
Is Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
