known as the Queen’s Nurses and equal part nurse, midwife and on occasion doctor, who have inspired tonight’s Call The Midwife Christmas Special. Long before the days of the NHS, the Queen’s ...

Call the Midwife,” the long-running BBC series now in its 14th season on PBS, is gentle, gritty — and may require tissues, ...

Nurse Phyllis Martha Crane is a forthright, stoic and efficient midwife. A vegetarian, she is a spinster who wears singledom on her sleeve. Despite her brusqueness, Nurse Crane is dedicated to her ...