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Holiday Special 2018

Season 8 Episode 0 | 1hr 25m 16s

See what happens when a new nun and four Chinese orphans arrive unexpectedly at Nonnatus House, causing both joy and chaos for the midwives. Meanwhile, Mother  Superior falls ill, and it’s time for a new spiritual leader to be elected.

Aired: 12/24/18 | Expires: 01/24/23
Funding for Call the Midwife is provided by Viking.
Extras
The Nonnatus team oversee the care of a man living inside an iron lung.
The sisters welcome a new postulant, Sister Catherine, to Nonnatus House.
Rosalind delivers a baby with a suspicious spinal lesion. A sudden gas explosion shocks all.
Trixie cares for a single mother recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital.
Need some floral advice? Sister Monica Joan has the answers.
Sister Monica Joan turns to her peers for advice on her floral arrangement.
Higher... higher... yep, just a bit higher, Fred!
Violet and Fred talk about whether she should take on a second term as mayor.
The midwives enter the 1970s, which brings with it new challenges for Nonnatus House.
The midwives enter the 1970s, which brings with it new challenges for Nonnatus House.
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A dustbin strike creates a refuse site outside Nonnatus House. Joyce handles a rude patient.
The Nonnatus team oversee the care of a man living inside an iron lung.
The sisters welcome a new postulant, Sister Catherine, to Nonnatus House.
Rosalind delivers a baby with a suspicious spinal lesion. A sudden gas explosion shocks all.
Trixie cares for a single mother recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital.
An apparent immaculate conception causes consternation at Nonnatus House.
It’s Christmastime in 1969, but fears of the flu and an escaped prisoner loom over Nonnatus House.
Miss Higgins receives an unexpected visitor, and Poplar votes for its Mother of the Year.
Joyce receives an unexpected visitor and a teenage mother reveals a disturbing truth.
It’s summertime, and a young mother goes into labor amid Violet's first event as mayor.