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Call the Midwife
2012
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 15 seasons
A
MEANRANK
80/100
Every rating
57–95
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 95.
See the most agreed on TV shows →Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to early 1970s.
Details
- Created by
- Heidi Thomas
- Studio
- BBC, Neal Street Productions
- Released
- 15 January 2012
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Episodes
- 117 across 15 seasons
- Awards
- 32 wins, 28 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (105) →
Awards & nominations
See all 60 →32 wins from 60 nominations across 17 ceremonies
| National Television Awards 2026 | Returning Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| TV and Radio Industries Club Award 2026 | Drama Category | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| National Television Awards 2025 | Returning Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| TV Choice Awards, UK 2025 | Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| TV Times Awards 2025 | Favourite Returning Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| TV and Radio Industries Club Award 2025 | Drama Category | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| British Association of Social Workers Awards 2024 2024 | Drama Category | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| National Television Awards 2024 | Best Returning Drama | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
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TV Choice Awards, UK
20 nominations, 15 won
| Best Actress | Jenny Agutter | Winner |
| Best Actress | Miranda Hart | Winner |
| Best Actress | Miranda Hart | Winner |
| Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Family Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best New Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Actor | Daniel Laurie | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Stephen McGann | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Jenny Agutter | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Linda Bassett | Nominee |
| Best Drama Series | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
National Television Awards
13 nominations, 4 won
| Best Period Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Drama Performance: Female | Miranda Hart | Winner |
| Returning Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Returning Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Best Drama | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Best Drama | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Best Drama | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Best Drama | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Best Returning Drama | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Best Returning Drama | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Best Returning Drama | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Best Returning Drama | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Drama Performance: Female | Miranda Hart | Nominee |
TV and Radio Industries Club Award
7 nominations, 2 won
| Drama Category | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Drama Programme of the Year | Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Drama Category | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Drama Programme | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Drama Programme of the Year | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Drama Programme of the Year | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Drama Programme of the Year | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
British Academy Television Craft Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Director – Fiction | Philippa Lowthorpe | Winner |
| Make up and Hair Design | Christine Walmesley-Cotham | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Amy Roberts | Nominee |
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Screen Music Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Top Cable Television Series Music | Maurizio Malagnini – Call the Midwife | Winner |
| Top Rated Television Series Music | Maurizio Malagnini – Call the Midwife | Winner |
BFI & Radio Times TV Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best 21st Century TV Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
British Association of Social Workers Awards 2024
1 nomination, 1 won
| Drama Category | Call the Midwife | Winner |
Christopher Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| TV and Cable Prize | Call the Midwife | Winner |
Gracie Awards, US
1 nomination, 1 won
| Television – Ensemble Cast | Call the Midwife | Winner |
Sandford St Martin Trust Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Radio Times Faith Award | Call the Midwife | Winner |
TV Times Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favourite Returning Drama | Call the Midwife | Winner |
radiotimes.com, UK
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best TV show of the past 25 years | Call the Midwife | Winner |
British Academy Television Awards
2 nominations
| Audience award | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Miranda Hart | Nominee |
Prix Europa
2 nominations
| Best Episode of a TV Fiction Series or Serial | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
| TV Fiction | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards
2 nominations
| Costume Design – Drama | Amy Roberts | Nominee |
| Make Up – Drama | Christine Walmesley-Cotham | Nominee |
Royal Television Society Programme Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama Series | Call the Midwife | Nominee |
Satellite Award
1 nomination
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Judy Parfitt | Nominee |