Same Kind of Different As Me

A group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s & early 60s, deal with the pressures of their day-to-day lives while trying to cope with the changes in the world around them. Season 9 is set during 1965.

Family Friendly Filter:

  • Childbirth scenes – Throughout the series, Call the Midwifecenters around childbirth, so there are numerous scenes of women lying in bed, moaning and/or screaming in pain. There is some blood, during haemorrhaging when a midwife’s hand is shown dripping with blood. A few very disturbing shots of grey, supposedly dead infants, and an abortion is discussed rather graphically.
  • Violence – There is a scene where a nun was attacked, in an earlier season.
  • Coarse language – Very rare.

Laurel loves the richness of way the nuns speak and how often they bring scripture into what they say. Laurel jokingly said men should watch this show, so they can see how we suffer!

Laurel recommends this show because of the way they are able to bring tragedy and comedy into the same scene. Also, personally, seeing and gaining a new understanding of how her mother grew up and what she had to face, when they didn’t know as much back then concerning diseases.

Laurel give this series a thumbs up!