Call the Midwife: Season Two [Blu-ray]

A certifiable MUST VIEW of 1950s London slum
Hot new season 2.Young nurses assist older charitable nuns in East London poverty squalor. The birthing of a new generation. Action comes out of the Nonnatus House, but births take place in the dwellings of the pregnant women, or worse. Less than hospitable for a newborn, but whatever it takes, the nurses are up to the task.

Romance tickles the non-nun nurses adding a sub-plot, as do other medical conditions, and community situations. Episodes have multiple story threads at the same time, like contemporary novels. Viewers quickly learn personalities of regulars. Sometimes events are heartbreaking, sometimes heart warming. Sadness to LOL joy. Births and sometimes death. A lady's 1st child to 25th, literally. Triplets? Father's optional. Secrets and rampant gossip. It's all a part of the lives of these street nurses of the late 1950s. The settings are perfection, but not always idyllic. Many births are shown, with discrete use of camera angles. Delightful fifties Rock-n-roll...

Superb Product of BBC
This is one of the best of all BBC productions since I began watching Masterpiece Theater in the 1970s. Although I had zero previous interest in the work of midwives and what I had envisioned the birth process to be, observing the work of these skillful, brave ladies in the face of life and death decisions has been fascinating and uplifting. The acting and writing have been first rate. Also of interest is the depiction of the first decade of the National Health Service in the UK where many health care services were finally available to people of modest means and the poor. The selfless dedication of the men and women who made this new system work is finally being recognized. -- The main criticism I have is that the dvd for the USA won't be released until late June -- several months after it started airing on PBS.

Can't wait for the return!
I am so excited that CALL THE MIDWIFE has received a second series! My friends and I fell in love with the show from the very first episode. My only problem is that we also watch THE AMAZING race, and both shows air at the same time.
I also find it completely appropriate that CALL THE MIDWIFE will air the first episode of the new season on Easter Sunday. It is a show about birth, life, and death in Poplar, East London after all. I like to focus on the births in the show.
I'm not too worried if I miss series two because I can always catch it through our cable's on demad service. And it's already being released to DVD and blu-ray in mid June? Fantastic! I'll be pre-ordering it as soon as possible.
The Christmas episode literally broke my heart. At the same time, it's one of my favourites, so I'm no less than thrilled to see that it has been added as bonus material for series two.
My high regards for the cast, as well. Jessica Raine won me over from the...

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