The WORST episodes of Call the Midwife
Every episode of Call the Midwife ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Call the Midwife!
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s.
#1 - Episode 4
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/9/2021
It’s July 1966, and Britain is in the grip of World Cup fever. New pupil midwife Nancy makes quite an impact.
#2 - Episode 3
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/15/2023
Sister Veronica is shaken when a mother reveals a terrible truth about her marriage, Shelagh cares for a baby with a life-threatening condition, and Nancy harbours a secret.
#3 - Episode 2
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2023
Sister Julienne helps care for a first-time mother who is going through a challenging diagnosis. Lucille struggles with her own health, and Poplar celebrates the Whitsun Maypole.
#4 - Episode 1
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2023
April 1968. Racial tensions cast a shadow over Poplar, Nancy’s eyes are opened when she supports a dying woman, and Nonnatus House welcomes a new sister.
#5 - Episode 8
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/2022
Nonnatus House faces its darkest day after a tragic incident in the heart of Poplar. As the community rally together, the team must overcome personal anguish to help the injured.
#6 - Episode 7
Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/2022
Nonnatus House suffers its biggest threat yet, but this time it's not the bricks and mortar that are in danger, it's the people.
#7 - Episode 6
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/2022
Sister Monica Joan seeks advice from a clairvoyant. Matthew is shocked to discover squatters in one of his warehouses, and Shelagh faces the most challenging delivery of her career.
#8 - Episode 5
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/2022
Trixie is assigned to a complicated case involving a paraplegic husband. Lucille’s attendance at a straightforward delivery takes a distressing turn.
#9 - Episode 4
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/2022
Sister Hilda and Dr Turner support a young father with a lung condition, Lucille comes to terms with unexpected news, and Trixie takes the lead with a struggling first-time mother.
#10 - Episode 3
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/2022
Nancy tackles the plight of meths drinkers living rough in Poplar. Nurse Crane’s patient is torn between two very different futures, and the Order celebrates a milestone birthday.
#11 - Episode 2
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/2022
At the monthly cytology clinic, Sister Frances comforts a young woman who is struggling with a life-changing diagnosis. Lucille supports a difficult mother.
#12 - Episode 1
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2022
Demolition work in Poplar uncovers a long-buried secret that leads to a testing and emotional case for the team. Sister Julienne takes on a sensitive delivery.
#13 - Episode 7
Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/30/2021
While Nonnatus House struggles to come to terms with Nancy’s revelation, the housing conditions in Poplar reach crisis point. A birth causes a rift in a close-knit family.
#14 - Episode 6
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/23/2021
Sister Frances treats an expectant mother whose behaviour masks deep psychological trauma. Meanwhile, Trixie is compelled to publicly speak out on an important issue.
#15 - Episode 5
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/16/2021
Sister Julienne is concerned when a toddler displays troubling symptoms. Shelagh and Nancy handle a teenage pregnancy, while the Turners receive exciting news.
#16 - Episode 4
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/22/2023
The maternity home is thrown into chaos by an outbreak of gastroenteritis, and Nurse Crane fights to save her career. Meanwhile, Cyril encourages Reggie to seek help.
#17 - Episode 3
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/2/2021
Sister Hilda and Dr. Turner are involved with a young woman whose health presents a series of challenges. A complicated pregnancy leads the Nonnatus team on a path of discovery.
#18 - Episode 2
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/25/2021
Sister Frances finds herself in a tricky situation when a pregnant woman confides in her. Sister Julienne’s new venture hits a stumbling block.
#19 - Episode 1
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2021
Sister Julienne and Dr. Turner clash over whether to provide a private care service, and a distressing birth raises fears of another Thalidomide case.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.