Call the MidWife....

[WCGreen]

What a wonderful and moving slice of life. It's a delicate little look at post War London and the ensuing baby boom.

This is what the brits do so well. Americans produce splash, frenetic bang in your face which is fine but give me the slow steady pace where we get to know the rich characters that fall away in most network shows.

[Betsy Ross]

1. Big fans

Usually prefer British programming.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. They really do it well.

I haven't seen this, and I keep hearing about it.

I know I would enjoy it since long ago I had thought seriously about becoming a midwife...

I guess I'll have to put the various CSI's on hold to get seeing this little gem.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. You will NOT regret it. I'm sure season 1 is on Hulu or somewhere.

The little extras they show, behind the scenes... they talked about the fake baby they use but damn...that thing sure looks real to me scooting outta there!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I'll bet Netflix has it too.

[blogslut]

8. PBS just took down the streams for season one. Sad.

http://www.pbs.org/call-the-midwife/home/

Just the same, you can watch the streams that have already aired for season two on the PBS site.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. You said it. That show is a class act, well written, acted, accurate in depiction.

[WCGreen]

5. I just watched the episode about the sudden death of the infant boy...

It really moved me.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. I've really been enjoying this series. Yes, the brits do these shows so well.

[BillStein]

9. we watched season one on DVD (Netflix)

we're enjoying season 2 on TIVO. So well acted, well written- and damn, Jimmy's cute!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. It's available on Netflix via streaming!

I can start watching Season One anytime.

Yay!

[nolabear]

11. One of my absolute favorites. What a gem.

[Callalily]

12. I discovered this

series a couple weeks ago and I am hooked!

[Orsino]

13. I watched the season one finale, I think.

Very well done, and not populated with models trying to act human.

[LNM]

14. That's the only thing I watch reguarly!

I'm having a hard time not reading the book the show was based on.

[WCGreen]

15. I like to watch because it is more like reading a really good novel than watching

a TV Show...

The closest British style show on American Network TV is Parenthood, in my humble opinion.