Tag: Call The Midwife


  • Women in Wartime: Is There Enough Representation?

    As a typically male-dominated genre, Maddie Lock weighs up the role women have had in war narratives.

  • Mrs Brown’s Boys, Doctor Who and French and Saunders Reunion among Christmas BBC highlights

    The BBC Xmas schedule is as packed as ever, featuring Alan Partridge, Peter Capaldi’s final Doctor Who episode and the final of 2017’s The Apprentice. Comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders will re-unite for the first time in 10 years to celebrate their 30th anniversary, while Reece Shearsmith will return on BBC Two alongside Steve […]

  • Review: Call the Midwife (Series 6, Episode 1)

    Though at times flawed, the midwives’ return delivers on many fronts, claims Becca Hellard.

  • This Week In Culture: Homeland, Resident Evil & Cinderella (22/01/17)

    This week: A female President rises to power, the midwives return, and a new Resident Evil (????).

  • Progress on the Small Screen: Is an all-female directing team a good thing?

    Alice Johannessen looks at the stats regarding female directors, and talks the reasons that Film should follow Television’s lead.