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Call the Midwife (2012)

  • Drama
  • 52 min episodes
  • 15 seasons
  • 9 age guide
  • ★ 7.6/10 from 267 ratings

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.

Created byHeidi Thomas

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  1. 01

    Upstairs Downstairs

    Same creator

    2010 · 60 min · Drama

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    Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous pre-war period shape and mould the lives of this wealthy family and their servants.‬

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    Little Women

    Same creator

    2017 · 60 min · Drama

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    Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother, Marmee, and while their father is away at war, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from sibling rivalry and first love, to loss and marriage.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  3. 03

    Hawthorne

    Similar atmosphere

    2009 · Drama

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    Christina Hawthorne is a compassionate and headstrong Chief Nursing Officer heading up a group of dedicated nurses at Richmond Trinity Hospital on the hospital's front lines. She does everything in her power to help her patients. When necessary, she takes on doctors and administrators who are overworked, distracted or just unable to see the human being behind the hospital chart. But the long days at the hospital and Hawthorne’s intense focus on helping others take a toll on her personal life.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: hospital and medical drama
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 04

    Nurses

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    2020 · 45 min · Drama

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    Follow five young nurses working on the frontlines of a busy hospital in downtown Toronto, dedicating their lives to helping others, while struggling to help themselves.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: hospital and medical drama
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  5. 05

    Chicago Med

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    2015 · Drama

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    An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: doctor and hospital
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    Fingersmith

    Same network

    2005 · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    A young woman is hired as a maid to an heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a gentleman to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
    • shared network: BBC
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  7. 07

    Wives and Daughters

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    1999 · 75 min · Drama

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    The life of doctor's daughter Molly Gibson changes gradually after her widowed father chooses to remarry. The union brings into her once-quiet life an ever-proper stepmother and flirtatious stepsister, Cynthia, while a friendship with the local squire brings about an unexpected romance.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: doctor and period drama
    • shared network: BBC
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  8. 08

    The Chase

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    2006 · 60 min · Drama

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    Set around the employees of Yorkshire's 'Chevin Chase Veterinary Surgery', sisters Anna and Sarah Williams couldn't be more different: hardworking mother Anna runs the clinic with her father, while glamourous Sarah left for London years ago. A wedding brings them all together, but long-simmering secrets may soon tear them apart.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared network: BBC
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  9. 09

    Grey's Anatomy

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    2005 · Drama

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    Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: doctor and hospital
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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    Cranford

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    2007 · 60 min · Drama

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    A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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