The BEST episodes of Call the Midwife season 9

Every episode of Call the Midwife season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Call the Midwife season 9!

Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s.

Last Updated: 12/13/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Continuing
Episode 6
star
8.09
159 votes

#1 - Episode 6

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/2020

At the Turners, Shelagh receives a phone call from the Hong Kong adoption agency, which has the alarming news that someone from May's past has arrived in the UK and wants to see the little girl. Meanwhile, Valerie's cousin Maureen is heavily pregnant and hoping her baby will be born on Thursday, the same date as her father and grandfather. However, her due date isn't so soon and keen to bring on the birth, Maureen takes a big risk by secretly taking castor oil - with potentially disastrous consequences.

Directors: Noreen Kershaw
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Episode 8
star
8.06
175 votes

#2 - Episode 8

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2020

Sister Julienne decides it is time to take matters in hand when a letter arrives from the council saying that it will cut funding to Nonnatus House and no longer pay for the accommodation, and goes to see Violet at one of her open sessions as a local councillor. At clinic, Nurse Crane meets and cares for heavily pregnant Bonnie, who is not married but committed to the baby's father Eddie, while Kevin's dependency on pain relief is discovered by the team and Dr Turner and Miss Higgins must find a way to help him.

Directors: Syd Macartney
Writer: Heidi Thomas
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Episode 7
star
7.90
160 votes

#3 - Episode 7

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/2020

Trixie helps a blind mother, Marion, care for her new baby, but trouble starts when Marion’s sister calls Social Services to intervene.

Directors: Syd Macartney
Writer: Andrea Gibb
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Episode 4
star
7.78
156 votes

#4 - Episode 4

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/2020

Sister Julienne volunteers to put up four trainee doctors at Nonnatus House while they undertake the practical aspect of their obstetrics diploma, hoping the exercise will remind the council how vital the home is to the community and help remove the threat of demolition. There is a lot of excitement about the new arrivals and the doctors don't disappoint. On his CDC rounds, Fred comes across a street marked for demolition, with one house clearly showing signs of life.

Directors: David O'Neil
Writer: Paul Walker
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Episode 3
star
7.73
147 votes

#5 - Episode 3

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/2020

Lucille is seconded to St Cuthbert's when a ward sister is off sick, but a lift malfunction sees her spend the evening with mother-to- be Connie instead of her planned rendezvous with Cyril. Nurse Crane tries to help a woman who is newly arrived from East Pakistan, while Shelagh enlists Violet, Trixie, Sister Frances and Valerie to put on a charity fashion show to raise money for the incubator fund.

Directors: David O'Neill
Writer: Helen Raynor
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Episode 5
star
7.72
157 votes

#6 - Episode 5

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/2020

Sister Frances is at a loss when she cares for diabetic and recovering cancer patient Albert Calthorpe whose fiercely independent wife Grace refuses to accept further help, despite caring for her husband, her elderly mother and her pregnant daughter. Meanwhile, Violet is given two tickets to new hit film The Sound of Music and decides to raffle them off with all proceeds going to the incubator fund, while Timothy, Angela and May want to give their parents a night off, but they're not sure how.

Directors: Noreen Kershaw
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Episode 1
star
7.63
171 votes

#7 - Episode 1

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/2020

Dr Turner and Nurse Crane must deal with an alarming outbreak of diphtheria. Fred finds an abandoned baby in a dustbin, and the team must help locate its mother.

Directors: Kate Cheeseman
Writer: Heidi Thomas
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Episode 2
star
7.58
171 votes

#8 - Episode 2

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/2020

A woman is caught stealing milk from Nonnatus House, but she pleads for mercy from sisters Julienne and Monica Joan, explaining that she has been stealing milk as she is pregnant. As Sister Julienne learns more about her, she is convinced that this woman needs help becoming the mother she wants to be. Meanwhile, Dr Turner puzzles over a mysterious string of symptoms, and the blossoming romance between Miss Higgins and Sgt Woolf is thrown into jeopardy.

Directors: Kate Cheeseman
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