Frankfort Community/Clinton County Cont. Libraries

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Call the midwife (Television program). Season 9.

Title:

Call the midwife. Season nine [videorecording] / series created by Heidi Thomas ; a Neal Street production.

Edition:

Widescreen ed.

Publisher, Date:

Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, 2020.

Description:

3 videodiscs (ca. 505 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.

Target Audience Note:

TV rating: TV-PG.

Subjects:

DVDs

Midwives -- England -- London -- Drama.

Midwifery -- England -- London -- Drama.

Nuns -- England -- London -- Drama.

Pregnant women -- England -- London -- Drama.

Convents -- Drama.

London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.

East End (London, England) -- Drama.

Poplar (London, England) -- Drama.

Genre:

Television series.

Fiction television programs.

Medical television programs.

Historical television programs.

Television adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Thomas, Heidi, 1962- creator.

Macartney, Syd, director.

Cheeseman, Kate, director.

O'Neill, David, director.

Kershaw, Noreen, director.

O'Malley, Debbie, screenwriter.

Raynor, Helen, screenwriter.

Walker, Paul, screenwriter.

Harvey, Jonathan, screenwriter.

Bonnyman, Carolyn, screenwriter.

Gibb, Andrea, screenwriter.

Agutter, Jenny, actor.

Bassett, Linda, actor.

Parfitt, Judy, 1935- actor.

George, Helen, 1984- actor.

Main, Laura, 1981- actor.

Elliott, Leonie, 1988- actor.

Kirby, Jennifer, 1989- actor.

McGann, Stephen, actor.

Parisi, Cliff, 1960- actor.

Apsion, Annabelle, actor.

Bruccoleri, Ella, actor.

Woolgar, Fenella, actor.

Neal Street Productions, production company.

British Broadcasting Corporation, publisher.

PBS Distribution, distributor.

Other Title:

Call the midwife. season 9

Call the midwife. 9th season

Call the midwife. Ninth season

Notes:

05/19/2020

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2019.

Inspired by the Memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Widescreen.

Bonus content: behind the scenes of season nine. May increase run time of set to 505 minutes. Audio and subtitles may vary.

Directors: Syd Macartney, Kate Cheeseman, David O'Neill, Noreen Kershaw ; writers, Debbie O'Malley, Helen Raynor, Paul Walker, Jonathan Harvey, Carolyn Bonnyman, Andrea Gibb.

Jenny Agutter, Linda Bassett, Judy Parfitt, Helen George, Laura Main, Leonie Elliott, Jennifer Kirby, Stephen McGann, Cliff Parisi, Annabelle Apsion, Ella Bruccoleri, Fenella Woolgar.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; 16:9 anamorphic wide screen, Dolby Digial 5.1.

English audio.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Contents:

Disc One: Christmas special -- Episodes 1-2; Disc Two: Episodes 3-5; Disc Three: Episodes 6-8 -- Bonus features.

LCCN:

1143834815

Publisher or Distributor Number:

12819092

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

Control Number:

805462

Call Number:

DVD CAL #9

Course Reserves:

0

# System items in:

1

Medium:

[videorecording]