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Get ready for another engaging, yet absolutely heart-wrenching season of Call the Midwife! The third season of BBC’s Call the Midwife picks up seamlessly from season two, following Jenny and her fellow midwives through their rounds in post-WWII London. This season, the Nonnatus House nuns and midwives continue to assist their patients and families with a myriad of issues. Like seasons one and two, this season takes you through another set of trials as the midwives assist their mothers through issues of cheating, post-war trauma, handicaps, and anything else that might affect families… both in the 1950s and today. Having a window into a family’s home gives the midwives incredible insight into the lives of the Poplar District residents in London’s East End. These remarkable women help not only the mothers, but entire families, grandmothers, parents, fathers and siblings. In season three, we also see Jenny face incredible loss… and try to find herself through the aftermath. It’s a beautiful and entrancing continuation of this fantastic series.
“Call The Midwife” is based on the memoir of an actual midwife, and that veracity shines through in every episode. Which means, in my case, tears nearly every time. Whether our intrepid main midwife Jenny is tending to two boys with cystic fibrosis or a woman about to give her child away for adoption, I am equally moved. Her priority is always “baby,” and the parade of tiny adorable actors who wiggle through the show tug on my heartstrings every time. The British politeness is entertaining all on its own—at one point, a woman in labor asks for a tea towel to protect the couch underneath her as she gave birth. As if! Chummy, the Amazonian nurse with impeccable manors dreadful cooking skills, is a charming and relatable character. Her truly evolved husband cares for their child when Chummy realizes that being a stay-at-home Mom (even in the 50’s! The height of stay-at-home-mom-ness) is not for her, and this alone makes me root for Chummy and her mate. Nuns are not usually so three dimensional, but the ones on this show are all unique and unexpected; when you think about it, why should nuns be experts in childbirth and babies? But they are, and one can’t help but wonder who would have been doing obstetrical care in their absence.
BBC Home Entertainment can be kind, can pack a wallop, and can be entertaining. As it happens, Call The Midwife in Season Three does all that and more. There is a special addition to this series: commentary by the crew, and cast, which won’t spoil the season for you, but will fill in some of the blanks. When you’ve followed a group of actors/characters as closely as those fans out here have done, vested interest in continuity is a must. BBC Home Entertainment has taken the storyline of the memoirs of Jennifer Worth straight through to this new season, and embellished it a bit. With the familiarity of the characters comes a natural flow of things. The only word of warning: have those tissues at the ready. This season gives grit and delivers reality on some fundamental, painful levels. As usual, it’s all tempered with good, and balanced with the wonder of birth in a Post World War England rearing its head and heading into the 1960’s. Great music that we’ve all come to love, and the costuming is perkier this round. Our Chummy is great, and Jennie, in the voice of Vanessa Redgrave, hosts the season in a narrative format, giving pause and wisdom where the moment is precise. The nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House have more than just a few precious moments. Buy this season, and if you don’t already own the other two, get them as well. Call The Midwife is a series you’ll want to own and watch over and over.
Quality TV series are hard to find that is why I always look to the BBC to produce amazing shows. Call of the Midwife will not disappoint you. Just as fantastic as Seasons 1 and 2, Call of the Midwife Season 3 gets you right back into the lives of our beloved ladies of East London and now it's 1959. This season promises to be dramatic, no seriously drama filled, with many twist and turns. The sixties are on the way and an air of change is blowing in. The BBC does a great job with this period piece; you really feel like you are being transported back in time. The series based on the Memoirs of Jenny Worth has something for everyone. This season is filled with deceit, death, and illness but also babies, adoptions, love and hope. You will be crying, laughing and fled with suspense. Once you start watching you won't be able to stop. Good thing you have a season 4 to look forward to!
Call the Midwife Season One was previously highly recommended:
Call the Midwife Season Two Earned our Highest Recommendation as well:
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Length: Approx. 555 mins + bonus material / 3-disc set (DVD)/ 2-disc set (BD)
All the young midwives and good sisters return in the new season of the BBC’s immensely absorbing and critically acclaimed drama, Call The Midwife, based on the best-selling memoirs of former nurse Jennifer Worth. The third season takes viewers to 1959, on the eve of the Swinging Sixties. With Nonnatus House scheduled for demolition, Jenny (Jessica Raine, An Adventure in Space and Time), Chummy (Miranda Hart, Miranda) and Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter, The Avengers) search for a new location nearby, while Jenny’s relationship with Alec continues to blossom. But an outbreak of polio affects the nurses and nuns more than they could have imagined. The two-disc set also includes the 2013 Christmas Special. Bonus materials include cast and crew interviews.