As of July 2026, Call the Midwife Season 1 aired in 2012 with 6 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Call the Midwife Season 1

2012 6 Episodes Drama ⭐ 8/10

Call the Midwife Season 1 is currently streaming on and , and it rewards the patience it asks of you. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 261 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Vanessa Redgrave's performance alone is worth the time investment. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

There is a reason Call the Midwife Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. Call the Midwife Season 1 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. In season one we are introduced to the local community through the eyes of young nurse Jenny Lee as she lives and works as a midwife alongside the Nuns of the Order of St. Raymond of Nonnatus in the deprived Poplar district of London's desperately poor East End in the 1950s. Vanessa Redgrave and Helen George lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2012. Call the Midwife Season 1 resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Drama fans who appreciate slow-burn storytelling will feel right at home with Call the Midwife Season 1. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Vanessa Redgrave anchors a cast that never overplays its hand. The kind of drama that stays with you well after the finale.

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🎬 Call the Midwife Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
Episode 1
2012-01-15
Jenny Lee start her midwife career at Nonnatus House in London. She is surprised to find that it is a nursing convent and not a hospital. Her first case is a woman pregnant for the 25th time!
E2
Episode 2
2012-01-22
A new girl arrives Nonnatus House and finds it hard to earn the respect of Sister Evangelina. Jenny sees an unfamiliar darker side of life following an encounter with a runaway.
E3
Episode 3
2012-01-29
Jenny does some district nursing to extend her community practice experience and befriends an old soldier with awful leg ulcers. Trixie and Cynthia enrol Winnie Lawson as a new patient.
E4
Episode 4
2012-02-05
A baby girl is snatched from her pram and the local community unites for the search. Cynthia sees another sort of loss as she tends to soon-to-be parents David and Margaret.
E5
Episode 5
2012-02-12
When Peggy’s brother is diagnosed with cancer, Jenny and the nuns are called upon to care for him. Jenny gets to know the siblings better. The Nonnatus House residents get involved in Fred’s latest money-making scheme which involves a pig called Evie.
E6
Episode 6
2012-02-19
When Chummy's imperious mother visits and disapproves of Peter Noakes, Chummy defies her mother and has her wedding on her own terms. Senile Sister Monica Joan is arrested for shoplifting.

🎭 Cast of Call the Midwife Season 1

Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
Jennifer Worth (voice)
Helen George
Helen George
Trixie Franklin
Jessica Raine
Jessica Raine
Jenny Lee
Jenny Agutter
Jenny Agutter
Sister Julienne
Judy Parfitt
Judy Parfitt
Sister Monica Joan
Bryony Hannah
Bryony Hannah
Cynthia Miller
Miranda Hart
Miranda Hart
Chummy
Pam Ferris
Pam Ferris
Sister Evangelina
Laura Main
Laura Main
Shelagh 'Sister Bernadette' Turner
Cliff Parisi
Cliff Parisi
Fred Burkle

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