Call the midwife when is it set

A brand new series of Call The Midwife began last week. Season 9 of the drama series , which paints a colourful picture of family and midwifery in post-war east London , started on Saturday 5 January. Adapted from the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth by Heidi Thomas, the eight-episode series will once again follow the life of Jenny, who joins a community of eccentric nuns working as nurses at Nonnatus House. The new series kicks off with the funeral of Winston Churchill in January In the first episode , a whole slew of storylines were rushed through at an indecent pace:.

The prize? Prior to , another London location was used. However, the chapel has been converted into a luxury apartment so for the interior scenes, the BBC production team use Longcross Studios in Surrey for filming.

The location is very picturesque, with cobbled streets and period buildings for the show's team to work with.

The dockyard even offers special Call the Midwife walking tours for fans of the show to explore the location further. The walking tour is led by your very own costumed midwife. Along the tour you'll recognise the cobbled streets and buildings of 'Poplar' plus iconic locations such as the Grosvenor Hotel and 'Chummy's Hill', where Nurse Noakes famously learnt to ride her bike. St Joseph's College complex in north London was previously used for filming. As mentioned previously, the chapel in the St Joseph's College complex in north London was used to replicate the Nonnatus House nunnery before it was turned into a luxury apartment.

However, this doesn't mean you can't experience the location as you can now live there , although it won't come cheap. Like this story? The year-old dockyard has been transformed into East London for many years and staff there are offering walking tours for fans. Call the Midwife season Shelagh and Dr Turner torn apart? Many fans of the series have praised the walking tour experience, with one saying it was "surreal".

They said: "It was great to see the locations where Poplar was created and an interesting insight to how the television programme was made. The cast and creators of the series recently reminisced over their favourite moments from across the past decade. All sorts of themes and issues have been highlighted so far, including stillbirth, cancer, and cystic fibrosis. In March , filming for the 10th season was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic imposing restrictions.

Still, the cast were able to soldier on when the conditions allowed, and fans are grateful that they have been able to pull something spectacular together. Call the Midwife: Helen George recalls early days on the show.