Call the Midwife #TVReview #BriFri
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Last week, I celebrated the 200th birthday of the National Gallery in London.
The 13th season of Call the Midwife aired earlier this year on PBS. I just finished streaming it using my PBS Passport. Like the other twelve seasons of this show, I laughed and cried while watching strong women help strong women get along in the world — especially at the moment of birth but also during all the other phases of life.
One of the reasons that this show lasted is that it accommodates cast changes easily. Here’s a fun look at the new characters and the actors that play them:
Series 13 takes place in 1969. I got a kick out of the first episode that centered around the Apollo 11 launch and the moon landing.
Fashions and furnishings are also fun to remember from 1969.
Series 14 and 15 have already been confirmed by BBC, so we have at least a couple more years of new episodes to anticipate.
What do you remember from 1969? I turned seven that year. I remember Neil Armstrong on the moon, the neighborhood of company-owned housing that we lived in, and the school where I was a “pod child” in the primary grades.
On the plus side, I remember all of the amazing music that came out of Woodstock. Polar opposite is learning about Charles Manson.
Love this show so much. I’ve been streaming the entire series and am close to the last season. The episodes are always beautifully done and sometimes leave me with the sniffles.
I need to start watching this show!
Oh, golly! 1969? I was 14. I discovered the radio that summer and all the great music. (Sugar, Sugar!) I remember lying on my parent’s back deck in the sun and listening to tunes! My older brother discovered that I was a human and not the irritating little pest he had always thought me. We had great fun sitting there and talking. It was just the best summer of my life!
I’ve never watched Call the Midwife, but all my girls love it. I was always too nervous for fear they’d tell stories where babies (or mamas) died.
And I’ve been to the National Gallery and loved it! Happy 200th Birthday!
Wow 13 seasons. Sounds like a good show! In 1969, I was 4 and I remember we were living in Hawaii … and I took naps with a fan nearby … and stepped on a bee and was stung. I don’t think I saw the moon landing … but I remember a volcano.
I didn’t realize there were 13 seasons, where on earth does the time go?!
I was about to turn 13 in 1969 and very well rememebr the moon landing. What a blast from the past!