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Call the midwife gets fifth series in 2016 as show moves. An explosion at the docks badly affects the husband of a new mother, patsy feels under pressure, and sister ursula continues to test the patience of everyone at nonnatus house. If it does happen on the off chance to take any longer than this time period to reach you, royal mail policy requests we wait 10 working days to pass before classifying an item as lost. The complete call the midwife stories jennifer worth 4 books collection. A fifth series of call the midwife has been commissioned, taking the programme further into the 1960s.
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