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Call the Midwife · S8 · E6

Episode 6

  • TV-PG
  • Feb 17, 2019
  • 52 min

Mother Mildred returns and helps a docker family tackle end-stage pneumoconiosis. Lucille cares for an unmarried teenage mother who wants to keep her baby.

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About this episode

Mother Mildred returns and helps a docker family tackle end-stage pneumoconiosis. Lucille cares for an unmarried teenage mother who wants to keep her baby.

Season 8

8 episodes
  1. 1Episode 1

    52 minJan 13, 2019★ 8.7

    Nonnatus House welcomes two new nuns. Valerie deals with a shocking case that arrives unexpectedly, and the other midwives must handle a complicated multiple birth.

  2. 2Episode 2

    52 minJan 20, 2019

    Lucille helps elderly hoarder Clarice Millgrove who is struggling to keep her independence; Sister Hilda and the team work hard to help a Ghanaian family with an undiagnosed illness; Violet puts herself forward in the upcoming elections.

  3. 3Episode 3

    52 minJan 27, 2019

    Valerie helps a struggling mother accept her son's birth defect. The Turners oversee a measles vaccination trial at the clinic as the team prepare for the Whitsun bank holiday.

  4. 4Episode 4

    52 minFeb 3, 2019

    The team tries to unite an estranged mother and daughter who are both pregnant. Trixie's friend is devastated to discover she is pregnant.

  5. 5Episode 5

    52 minFeb 10, 2019★ 8.2

    Poplar welcomes a brand new cervical cancer-screening clinic to the Institute and Dr Turner, Shelagh and Trixie are pleased to be part of the exciting new venture.

  6. 6Episode 6

    52 minFeb 17, 2019Now viewing

    Mother Mildred returns and helps a docker family tackle end-stage pneumoconiosis. Lucille cares for an unmarried teenage mother who wants to keep her baby.

  7. 7Episode 7

    52 minFeb 24, 2019★ 6.3

    Mother Mildred decides it’s time for Sister Frances to attend her first solo birth. Trixie consoles a patient who discovers she has gonorrhea.

  8. 8Episode 8

    52 minMar 3, 2019

    Sister Hilda digs deep to give her terminally-ill patient her final wish whilst the Turners must prepare to say goodbye to May. Fred and Reggie are keeping secrets from each other.

Guest stars

Laura HowardCissy Pilkington
Miriam MargolyesMother Mildred
Tim TreloarBarney Brittall
Frankie WilsonEd Brittall
Joe FlynnJohn Brittall
Philip WrightMr. McGregor
Esther McAuleyWard Sister
Dennis BanksJoe Brittall
Claire KeelanGilda Brittall
Hannah RaeElaine Pilkington
Cornelius BoothClaude Pilkington
Ann MitchellElsie Dyer
Sarah BergerMiss Taylor
Mark WingettPeter Jessop
Zephryn TaitteSergeant Woolf