Every season, GBH Drama prepares to bring you coverage of the latest and greatest in British dramas. This month, we return to Poplar for the twelfth season of Call The Midwife. With complex medical cases, heartwarming found family, and more births and deaths than we can count, this series is sure to make you laugh and cry (probably more of the latter, if we're being honest). GBH Drama contributor Amanda-Rae Prescott is here to recap the magic as it happens.
Spring 1968 brings new challenges to the residents of Nonnatus House. A new nun arrives and has an unconventional approach to adjusting to a new situation. Tensions among the residents of Popular rise because of rising unemployment and racist politicians blaming immigrants for these problems. Along with all of this are two new district cases which highlight new challenges for treatment. Let’s discuss what happens:
Sister Veronica arrives at Nonnatus House on recommendation from Mother Mildred. We find out that she spent the last 12 years at the mission in Hong Kong. She first began her journey in medicine in pharmacology. There’s one big problem with Sister Veronica: she’s a habitual liar, especially in regard to her health and ability to perform duties. After annoying Fred by asking for constant repairs to the bike assigned to her, Sister Veronica ends up hoodwinking Matthew into buying her a scooter! He wasn’t around to get Sister Julienne’s warning. How long will it be before Sister Veronica gets on everyone’s nerves?
Greta Pickard is this week’s principal expecting mother. She has two children already and is expecting her third. She has severe varicose veins and is refusing to wear the compression stockings prescribed. Lucille makes a house call and notices that Greta has a cut on one of her legs that has gotten infected. Lucille begs Greta to use the stockings so that the swelling goes down. Later on, Dr. Turner comes to visit Greta because her older daughter Anita is complaining about pain in her mouth. Greta says she can’t afford a dentist because her husband is struggling with employment, but the family is eligible for free treatment. Wally Pickard (Greta’s husband) is a dockworker, but there’s no work. Greta is also frustrated because he is very politically active in the union and other socialist activism. Wally’s politics become a problem because he’s angry that Greta has taken charity via the social services they are entitled to use. Will Wally get in the way of getting the help his family needs?
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