This week on Poplar Opinion we're talking about the season seven Christmas Special of Call the Midwife. That’s the Christmas special that comes after season six and before season seven.

On this episode, Poplar has the coldest winter in centuries (I said on the podcast it was “in decades” but fact-checking during editing shows that I undersold it). While everyone copes with the cold, Val has a patient who is worried because her boyfriend isn’t her baby’s father, and Sister Julienne takes care of a recent widow with a painful past.

Note: in this episode we call one the characters “Althea” throughout. We had a conversation about whether it was “Althea” or “Anthea” that we cut out of the edit for being boring, but it turns out that the name we landed on was wrong. It’s Anthea! Oops!

We will be taking a short break before beginning season seven properly, but not a long one! Send us your thoughts, and if you’d like to share a birth story we’ll read it in a minisode between seasons!

This week on Poplar Opinion we're talking about the eighth and final episode of season six of Call the Midwife. On this episode Barbara and Tom plan their wedding, Shelagh goes into labour, and a new contraceptive clinic comes to the maternity home.

This week on Poplar Opinion we're talking about season six, episode seven of Call the Midwife. On this episode Nurse Crane has an accident in her car, we see more of the Mullucks family and the ongoing legacy of thalidomide, and Trixie suspects her dentist boyfriend of being dishonest.

This week on Poplar Opinion we're talking about season six, episode six of Call the Midwife. On this episode Sister Mary Cynthia is discharged into the care. of Nonatus House, Val’s patient presents challenges none of the midwives have seen before, and Trixie goes on another date.

This week on Poplar Opinion we're talking about the fourth episode of season six of Call the Midwife. On this episode Trixie has a patient whose financial worries threaten to overwhelm her, Shelagh is still in the maternity home, and Sister Julienne looks for a new midwife to join the staff.

This week on Poplar Opinion we're talking about the fourth episode of season six of Call the Midwife. On this episode Trixie has a patient whose financial worries threaten to overwhelm her, Shelagh is still in the maternity home, and Sister Julienne looks for a new midwife to join the staff.

This week on Poplar Opinion we're talking about the third episode of season six of Call the Midwife. On this episode the maternity home is under inspection, Barbara's patient feels stifled by her mother-in-law, and we hear more of Sister Ursula's backstory.

This week on Poplar Opinion we're talking about the second episode of season six of Call the Midwife. On this episode Shelagh helps during a crisis at the docks, then testifies at an inquest about it, Patsy worries that her patient is too optimistic about a high-risk pregnancy, and everyone struggles under the austere eye of Sister Ursula.

This week on Poplar Opinion we're talking about the first episode of season six of Call the Midwife. On this episode Phyllis has a patient whose husband is abusive, Sr. Mary Cynthia continues to cope with her personal trauma, and there is a new nun in charge of Nonatus House.

This week on Poplar Opinion we're talking about Call the Midwife’s season six Christmas special. On this episode a contingent from Nonatus House travels to South Africa to help out in a mission hospital there. Trixie has a patient there who is desperate for a baby after many miscarriages, Tom and Sister Julienne struggle to provide the hospital with a reliable source of water, Barbara demonstrates her backbone, and everybody adjusts to the realities of rural South African medical practice.