10 Shows to Watch While You Wait for More 'Call the Midwife'
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Virgin River
For some midwifery drama on the other side of the pond, check out this Netflix favorite about Mel, a midwife and nurse who leaves behind her busy life in L.A. to move to the remote town of Virgin River. Its blend of colorful characters, medical drama, and, of course, romance, is a sure win for Call the Midwife fans.
COURTESY OF NETFLIX - 2/10
Upstairs Downstairs
Written and created by Heidi Thomas, who also serves as creator and showrunner on Call the Midwife, this revival of the 1970s hit series is sure to be a hit with Downton lovers for its delicious high-class-meets-working-class drama in pre-WWII England.
BBC - 3/10
Miranda
If Chummy was your favorite midwife, this sitcom starring and created by Miranda Hart, who played her, is a must for your watch list. The semi-autobiographical comedy centers on the titular Miranda, who tries to cope with dating woes, career problems, and her family, with hilarious results.
BBC - 4/10
Downton Abbey
Scratch that British period drama itch with this modern classic about the Crawley family and their servants navigating the intrigues of the changing class system in the 19010s and '20s.
Ben Blackall - 5/10
The Bletchley Circle
Get a dose of post-war British women taking charge in this mystery series about a group of former cryptographers from the famed WWII code-breaking operation at Bletchley Park. Though their work ended with the war, in the early 1950s, the women find themselves pulled back together as they attempt to use their skills to track down a serial killer.
ITV - 6/10
London Hospital
Before the nurses of Call the Midwife served the East End, there was already plenty of (medical) drama in London's poorest neighborhood. This British series follows the travails of the doctors, nurses, and patients at the area hospital in the early 1900s.
BBC - 7/10
Up the Women
Let's face it, we could all use a little more Sister Monica Joan in our lives. Judy Parfitt (who plays everybody's favorite madcap nun) trades in her wimple for a suffragette's sash in this comedy series about a 1910s crafting circle who start agitating for votes for women.
BBC - 8/10
The Crown
Fans of Call the Midwife know what a profound impact the political climate of England has on the midwives of Nonnatus House. The five seasons (so far!) of The Crown looks at many of those same issues from a different perspective, following the royal family from Queen Elizabeth's rise to the throne in the early 1950s, moving toward the modern day. (Plus! Emerald Fennell, known to Midwife fans as Patsy, plays a young Camilla Parker Bowles in seasons 3 and 4.)
Alex Bailey - 9/10
Doc Martin
Love Call the Midwife's mix of comedy and medical drama? This long-running British favorite about an abrasive London surgeon who leaves his practice behind to become the GP of a sleepy seaside town delivers both in spades.
ITV - 10/10
Home Fires
On the brink of WWII, a group of ladies in the English countryside pull together to unite their community in this PBS Masterpiece drama—perfect for those moments when you need a little of that Nonnatus House sense of sisterhood.
PBS Masterpiece
