The Washington Post, on the other hand, cited that the cast of “Call the Midwife” is marvelous and the gritty, post-war set pieces are meticulously recreated.
TV Guide also described the series as a delight to watch while the San Francisco Chronicle referred to it as a sentimental, poignant, and often heartbreaking TV series.
A Christmas special was also commissioned by BBC during the holidays of 2014 before its fourth series (Season 4) was aired early in 2015.
Its fifth series (Season 5) featuring eight episodes began airing on BBC on January 17, 2016 and takes the story of “Call of Midwife” into 1961.
In December 2015, BBC director general Tony Hall announced the series had already been commissioned for 2016 Christmas special and another eight episodes taking it into 1962 (Season 6).
“Call the Midwife” follows the story of newly qualified midwife Jenny Lee and the work of midwives and the nuns of Nonnatus House, a nursing convent that is part of an Anglican religious order, coping with the medical problems in the deprived Poplar district of London’s desperately poor East End during the 1950s.
The nuns and midwives carry out many nursing duties across the community. However, with between 80 and 100 babies being born each month in Poplar alone, the primary work is to help bring safe childbirth to women in the area and to look after their countless newborns.