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Episode 2

Call the Midwife Series 9
Episode 2 of 8

Sister Julienne cares for a pregnant prostitute, while Dr Turner puzzles over a mysterious string of symptoms.

Leading up to Mother’s Day, the team must survive Lent and are forced to give up more than just cigarettes and sugar. A thief has been pinching their milk as well. With some covert spying, Fred and Sister Monica Joan are able to catch the thief - glamorous, shop-soiled Tina, a young woman with chipped nail varnish and layered make-up. She pleads with Sisters Julienne and Monica Joan, explaining that she’s been stealing milk for her pregnancy. Sister Julienne wants to help Tina and encourages her to come to clinic where they can help provide everything she needs, so she won’t have to keep stealing milk. Tina turns out to be rather a good storyteller: she claims this is her first pregnancy, but Shelagh discovers her episiotomy scar, prompting Tina to confess that she already has a son, but he lives with his father in America. She is also confirmed to have a venereal disease, which brings her into the care of the maternity home. As Sister Julienne learns more about Tina, she is convinced that this woman needs help to become the mother she wants to be.

Meanwhile, a gentle romance is blooming between Miss Higgins and Sergeant Woolf, and Laverne's mother, Florrie, is beginning to have trouble with her memory.

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Sun 12 Jan 2020 20:00
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Deirdre Nicole Neely, Tabitha Fair

    Psalm 27, Hear My Voice, O Lord

  • 00:05

    Clear Vu

    I Adore

  • 00:15

    The Merseybeats

    I Think Of You

  • 00:22

    Thirteen Senses

    No Other Life Is Attractive

  • 00:22

    Aaron Zigman

    The Letter

  • 00:25

    Carter Burwell

    Exercise In Darkness

  • 00:50

    Era

    Thousand Words

Credits

Sister Julienne Jenny Agutter
Nurse Phyllis Crane Linda Bassett
Sister Monica Joan Judy Parfitt
Nurse Trixie Franklin Helen George
Nurse Shelagh Turner Laura Main
Nurse Lucille Anderson Leonie Elliott
Fred Buckle Cliff Parisi
Laverne Bulmer Carly Bawden
Florrie Watkins Amanda Root
Tina Atkins Georgia Henshaw
Voice of Jennifer Worth Vanessa Redgrave
Writer Debbie O'Malley
Director Kate Cheeseman
Producer Ann Tricklebank
Production Company Neal Street Productions

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