Call the Midwife [OV]

Festive cheer is in plentiful supply as Poplar readies itself for Christmas. But it�۪s a difficult time of year for grieving mother Iris; bringing back memories of her long departed baby daughter. As the community pull together to prepare for the televised carol concert, Nonnatus is rocked when Sister Monica Joan goes missing.

With Sister Monica Joan still missing, the wives of Nonnatus are distressed. An unexpected surprise for a grieving mother helps bring the Christmas magic home. The midwives prepare for a televised carol concert.

The nuns and midwives are shaken by the birth of a baby with severe deformities.

Barbara faces her biggest test. Nurse Crane meets a widower in her Spanish class.

An outbreak of a rare disease erupts on a Poplar street.

Sister Julienne struggles when a traumatic birth raises moral questions.

Timothy realises the risks of smoking as advances revolutionise respiratory medical care.

A spate of violent attacks brings a state of fear to Poplar.

Dr Turner prepares for change with the introduction of the contraceptive pill.

Dr Turner uncovers the cause of the recent spate of infant limb deformities.