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The Best Episodes of Call the Midwife Season 9

Every episode of Call the Midwife Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Call the Midwife Season 9!

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Genre:Drama
Networks:BBC OnePBS

Season 9 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Call the Midwife" season 9 is "Episode 1", rated 8.6/10 from 334 user votes. It was directed by Kate Cheeseman and written by Heidi Thomas. "Episode 1" aired on 1/5/2020 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 2".

  • Episode 1
    8.6/10 334 votes

    #1 - Episode 1

    Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/2020

    Dr Turner and Nurse Crane must deal with an alarming outbreak of diphtheria. Fred finds an abandoned baby in a dustbin, and the team must help locate its mother.

    Director: Kate Cheeseman

    Writer: Heidi Thomas

  • Episode 2
    8.2/10 312 votes

    #2 - Episode 2

    Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/2020

    Sister Julienne cares for a pregnant prostitute, while Dr Turner puzzles over a mysterious string of symptoms.

    Director: Kate Cheeseman

    Writer: Debbie O'Malley

  • Episode 3
    8.3/10 303 votes

    #3 - Episode 3

    Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/2020

    Lucille is seconded to St Cuthbert's when a ward sister is off sick, but a lift malfunction sees her spend the evening with mother-to- be Connie instead of her planned rendezvous with Cyril.

    Director: David O'Neill

    Writer: Helen Raynor

  • Episode 4
    8.1/10 308 votes

    #4 - Episode 4

    Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/2020

    Sister Julienne volunteers to put up four trainee doctors at Nonnatus House while they undertake the practical aspect of their obstetrics diploma, hoping the exercise will remind the council how vital the home is to the community and help remove the threat of demolition.

    Director: David O'Neill

    Writer: Paul Walker

  • Episode 5
    8.5/10 312 votes

    #5 - Episode 5

    Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/2020

    Sister Frances is at a loss when she cares for diabetic and recovering cancer patient Albert Calthorpe whose fiercely independent wife Grace refuses to accept further help, despite caring for her husband, her elderly mother and her pregnant daughter.

    Director: Noreen Kershaw

    Writer: Jonathan Harvey

  • Episode 6
    8.7/10 321 votes

    #6 - Episode 6

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/2020

    At the Turners, Shelagh receives a phone call from the Hong Kong adoption agency, which has the alarming news that someone from May's past has arrived in the UK and wants to see the little girl.

    Director: Noreen Kershaw

    Writer: Carolyn Bonnyman

  • Episode 7
    8.3/10 297 votes

    #7 - Episode 7

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/2020

    Trixie helps a blind mother, Marion, care for her new baby, but trouble starts when Marion’s sister calls Social Services to intervene.

    Director: Sydney Macartney

    Writer: Andrea Gibb

  • Episode 8
    8.6/10 314 votes

    #8 - Episode 8

    Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2020

    Sister Julienne decides it is time to take matters in hand when a letter arrives from the council saying that it will cut funding to Nonnatus House and no longer pay for the accommodation, and goes to see Violet at one of her open sessions as a local councillor.

    Director: Sydney Macartney

    Writer: Heidi Thomas