Encore Tuesdays, Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2024 from 8 - 10 p.m. on KPBS 2! (not available in the PBS app)
Streaming November 25: Four holiday specials! Ahead of the Season 14 "Call the Midwife Holiday Special" broadcast premiere on Dec. 25, 2024, there is catch-up streaming for the previous four holiday specials with KPBS Passport beginning on Nov. 25, 2024.
CALL THE MIDWIFE Season 12 begins in 1968, and the nuns and nurses from Nonnatus House return for more midwifery and family life. The midwives welcome a new nun, Sister Veronica, and tension in Poplar arises following the effects of Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” speech.
EPISODE GUIDE:
Episode 1: Encore Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 - It is now 1968, and there are changes in the air. Enoch Powell’s infamous speech casts a long shadow over the borough. Nonnatus House welcomes a new nun to the team, Sister Veronica, who impresses everyone except for Nurse Crane.
Episode 2: Encore Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 - Sister Julienne is deeply concerned by an angry red rash on a patient’s breast and a referral is quickly made to St Cuthbert’s. A surprise pregnancy for one of Dr. Turner's patients leads him to start a campaign to encourage men to use contraception.
Episode 3: Encore Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 - As she sets about helping a mother whose newborn baby is suffering from a clotting disorder, Nancy is harboring a secret of her own. Sister Veronica meets a newlywed on her rounds, and the case shocks the women of Nonnatus house.
Episode 4: Encore Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 - Nurse Crane is shocked when her fitness comes into question during a ventouse training course. Trixie cares for a Hindu mother and her newborn twins, but it’s not long before an emergency gastroenteritis outbreak is declared at the maternity home.
Episode 5: Encore Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 - Nancy oversees a child born out of wedlock, but things take a very unexpected and shocking turn. Dr. Turner and Sister Veronica discuss a new contraception procedure: the Vasectomy. The Board of Health delivers some unwelcome news to Sister Julienne.
Episode 6: Encore Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 - One of the boys of Buckle’s paper shop becomes unwell. Sister Veronica spearheads a new council initiative to monitor the health of working children in the borough. Trixie is thrown into a challenging case involving an underage mother.
Episode 7: Encore Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 - Preparations for Trixie and Matthew’s wedding are underway as a joyous occasion that brings the community together. Nancy visits a homeless family, and it is not long before their plight is brought to the attention of Nonnatus house.
Episode 8: Encore Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 - As Trixie and Matthew’s wedding officially begins, a series of small and great disasters threaten to impede the day. A horrific car crash turns into a race against time. Sister Julienne hatches a plan to save Nonnatus House once and for all.
Learn What It Takes to Be a Midwife Today - Experienced midwives discuss how the plotlines and drama of CALL THE MIDWIFE intersect with modern day Midwifery.
No longer available in the PBS app.
