I enjoy it though that first episode was heavy going! Where are the nice, happy, quick home births? I know where's the drama in that!
It is good that they tackle serious issues like thalidomide and sudden infant death.
Apparently the birthrate, at least in Scotland, is declining, more so since covid. Maybe there will be a post covid baby boom? like the post war bulge.
Same age as me Grandma70's and although poverty wasn't around me personally,I was aware of it, especially if I went to Liverpool. The series takes me back in part as I was nursing in those times. Must admit I don't watch it all the time but did read that " Chummy" could be returning, a time when I did watch it when Miranda Hart was in it.
At 26 I was bringing up 4 children, 2 of my own and 2 step-children so had my work cut out, as well as fitting in a few nights on duty.
Clearly in a minority i find call the midwife nauseating....
I do watch it, but I sympathise with your point of view. It is very sentimental. Stephen McGann (Dr Turner) irritates me no end. I like Laura/Shelagh, though.
I was 26 in 1966 and really had no idea there was such grinding poverty anywhere in this country, so it is educational for me.
I enjoyed it but my friend wouldn't watch it as her husband might not enjoy it.
Really? My husband had to record the Grand Prix so I could watch from 8pm until 10pm. Selfish - moi? It was my birthday though. I loved Midwife as always, I was nursing in the sixties so I can relate to it well.
It was the perfect night’s viewing for me. My only issue was when to dare run into the kitchen to top up my wine glass so as not to miss anything between 8 and 10. Luckily I timed it perfectly, just before LOD started and when Sister Monica was wittering musing about her crisis of faith.