Season 8, Episode 1

Episode 1

8.7/ 10January 13, 201952 min

Nonnatus House welcomes two new nuns. Valerie deals with a shocking case that arrives unexpectedly, and the other midwives must handle a complicated multiple birth.

Directed by
Sydney Macartney

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  1. S8 E2

    Episode 2

    Jan 20, 20198.252 min

    Lucille helps elderly hoarder Clarice Millgrove who is struggling to keep her independence; Sister Hilda and the team work hard to help a Ghanaian family with an undiagnosed illness; Violet puts herself forward in the upcoming elections.

  2. S8 E3

    Episode 3

    Jan 27, 20198.252 min

    Valerie helps a struggling mother accept her son's birth defect. The Turners oversee a measles vaccination trial at the clinic as the team prepare for the Whitsun bank holiday.

  3. S8 E4

    Episode 4

    Feb 3, 20198.252 min

    The team tries to unite an estranged mother and daughter who are both pregnant. Trixie's friend is devastated to discover she is pregnant.

  4. S8 E5

    Episode 5

    Feb 10, 20198.252 min

    Poplar welcomes a brand new cervical cancer-screening clinic to the Institute and Dr Turner, Shelagh and Trixie are pleased to be part of the exciting new venture.

  5. S8 E6

    Episode 6

    Feb 17, 20198.252 min

    Mother Mildred returns and helps a docker family tackle end-stage pneumoconiosis. Lucille cares for an unmarried teenage mother who wants to keep her baby.

  6. S8 E7

    Episode 7

    Feb 24, 20196.352 min

    Mother Mildred decides it’s time for Sister Frances to attend her first solo birth. Trixie consoles a patient who discovers she has gonorrhea.