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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 14 min. 21 sec.) ; 431646359 bytes |
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*Adult Themes*This special episode opens in 2005 with Jennifer Worth at home preparing for Christmas with husband Philip, and reminiscing about the friends and colleagues of her youth at Nonnatus House.Festive cheer is in plentiful supply as Poplar readies itself for Christmas. It is 1959 and rehearsals are underway for the Sunday School Christmas concert. While Chummy tries to choreograph dancing snowflakes, Trixie sets to work designing a Father Christmas outfit for Fred to wear. Chummy is enlisted to help run a poorly managed mother and baby home and with Patsy's help succeeds in bringing some Christmas joy into the residents' lives.Cynthia is drawn deeply into a case concerning two former residents of a Victorian mental hospital who have been left to fend for themselves and are barely coping. There is but one question in all of their hearts, though it goes unspoken - what will 1960 bring?Starring: Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Miranda Hart, Judy Parfitt, Helen George, Bryony Hannah, Laura Main, Charlotte Ritchie, Linda Bassett, Ben Caplan, Stephen McGann, Cliff Parisi, Vanessa Redgrave.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Created and written by Heidi Thomas, from the memoirs of Jennifer Worth. Executive Producers: Pippa Harris and Heidi Thomas. Producer: Annie Tricklebank. Writers: Carolyn Bonnyman, Harriet Warner, Damian Wayling. Director: Dominic Leclerc |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2016-02-21 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Christmas.
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Midwifery.
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Midwives.
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Nuns.
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Pregnant women -- Physiology.
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England -- London.
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Streaming video
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Lowthorpe, Philippa, director
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Agutter, Jenny, cast
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Ashton, Jack, cast
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Bassett, Linda, cast
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Caplan, Ben, cast
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Fennell, Emerald, cast
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Ferris, Pam, cast
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George, Helen, cast
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Hannah, Bryony, cast
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Hart, Miranda, cast
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Main, Laura, cast
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McGann, Stephen, cast
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Parfitt, Judy, cast
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Parisi, Cliff, cast
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Raine, Jessica, cast
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Ritchie, Charlotte, cast
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Yeates, Victoria, cast
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