The award-winning period drama series “Call the Midwife” is returning to Panhandle PBS for a tenth season. A marathon of season nine will air on Saturday, September 4. The tenth season will premiere next month, on Sunday, October 3.
“Call the Midwife” follows the career of new midwife Jenny Lee and the midwives and nuns of Nonnatus House, a nursing convent in London’s poor East End in the 1950s. With upwards of 80 births a month in the district, the Sisters and midwives mainly focus on safe childbirth and care of the newborns.
The series is based on the real-life work of nurse and midwife Jennifer Worth, who worked with the Community of St. John the Divine at their convent located in the East End in London. While the series is based on her memoirs, which were first published in 2002, the series extends beyond that to include new, historically sourced material.
The series tackles many important and sometimes controversial topics, including nationalized healthcare, infertility, abortion and unwanted pregnancies, teen pregnancy, infertility, adoption, prostitution, racism, poverty, and more.
Catch up on season nine of “Call the Midwife” on Saturday, September 4 starting at. Season 10 will premiere on Sunday, October 3 on Panhandle PBS.
