The midwives

[saundra]

What a stupid program totally destroyed the whole series
IMOA

[Kaz]

I enjoyed it

[JoM]

I haven't watched it yet, but then I somehow managed to miss the whole of the last series too.

[Kaz]

It was a bit different, mostly being set in South Africa, and to be honest the episodes set in the East End are better

[Osc]

Most series like this don't travel well. It was easy enough to watch post-Christmas dinner - although Sinead Cusack's Irish accent was dreadful

[Kaz]

Which is a shocking irony, eh Osc!

[Kaz]

I've caught a few old episodes this week on Drama, they are the classic ones, based on the books

[Kaz]

You know Doreen has some fantastic stories from her old district nursing days during the 60s, in the villages around Gloucester, when a lot of the old cottages only had a 'Bucket and chuck it' rather than proper loos and bathrooms. The people were real characters! She should have written a book about it all