Call the Midwife Season 5 [Blu-ray]
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
Call the Midwife is, hands down, one of the best series I have ever watched on PBS, and this includes Downtown Abbey. I loved, Downtown, don’t get me wrong, and I will miss it dearly, mostly for Granny’s zingers, but Call the Midwife is telling a story that the modern world needs to hear. We have become so lost in our own lives, with a great deal of help from electronic media, that we don’t know who are neighbors are. Our children don’t play in the streets anymore, and childbirth has become (at least in the America), a completely sterile affair. These midwives remind us of a time when people cared for each other, and when it wasn’t a sin to be poor. I am unashamedly proud of the Nuns of Nonnatus House. There are times when their kindness and calm in the face of adversity causes me to weep.
The show also deals with the uglier side of human nature – prejudice, ignorance, the above mentioned poverty, but through it all the midwives, the nuns, and the neighbors of Poplar strive to be better for themselves and for their neighbors. The time period in which the show takes place saw great change, both medically and socially, and this is very well presented with great attention to small details and in the way the actors portray their characters. This show is a history lesson of the best kind and should be required watching of all middle school girls (and boys, too, for that matter), as it deals with life, and death, and the rewards of being our “Brothers Keepers.”
Though childbirth is a central theme, of course, and may be difficult for the squeamish, this is a “must see” if ever there was one. I only wish we had such a service here, now, in the good ol’ USA! Can you imagine what it would mean to have nurses and physicians who actually know who you are and are willing to spend more than five minutes before they dash off to their next patient? This is a big check mark for in the box for American Universal Health!-Cynthia Captain
What a beautiful television series incorporating real medical issues from the early sixties. All of the characters in the series are like friends to me. My blu-ray set arrived with a damaged case but the discs were in pristine condition. The episodes are recorded on discs similar to previous seasons – this set has the 2015 Christmas special and eight episodes on 2 discs. There is also a making of special feature. There are subtitles and the sound is perfect for this essentially diaglogue-driven series.
On a side note, my wife is a labor and delivery nurse at one of the large hospitals in Peoria, Illinois. I love what she does but I never see her at work. Watching Call the Midwife is about as close as I can get to the “action” and sometimes this viewer is so close that I think one of the nurses will make eye contact with me and ask me pass her that towel!
Season 6 has been announced for broadcast in early 2017 with a 2016 Christmas special also-J. Fleitz
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Judy Parfitt, Miranda Hart, Helen George
Directors: Lisa Clarke, Sheree Folkson, Syd Macartney, Darcia Martin, Juliet May
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: NR-Not Rated
Studio: BBC
DVD Release Date: May 24, 2016
Run Time: 555 minutes
ASIN: B018V2009O
