Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms
Plot
In September 1939, Sister Monica Joan is in her prime, Sister Julienne and Sister Evangelina are young and zealous, and Nonnatus House is the beating heart of Poplar. Together with Sister Alice, and local GP Dr Kit, the nuns dedicate their lives to mothers, babies and the poor. But there is no gas and air, no penicillin, no cure for TB, and no welfare state. Then war is declared - and life gets even harder.The three young secular midwives who complete the team - Sybil, Olive and Marianne - receive a baptism of fire as the blackout and the Blitz take hold. While bombs rain from the sky, women give birth underground, families are shattered, children run wild, and whole streets are reduced to rubble. But courage, compassion and resilience triumph as the community unites in its efforts to survive.
Before you go
Never miss Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms
We'll email you the moment Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms is renewed, cancelled or gets a premiere date. No account, one-click unsubscribe.
Castfull cast & details
Shows like Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms all similar shows
The closest matches on shared genres, ranked by match strength and popularity.
- 01Drama·Medical·HistoryCall the Midwife2012–presentSame network — BBC One·
Compare - 02Drama·Medical·RomanceGrey's Anatomy2005–present·ABCThe doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital deal with life-or-death consequences on a daily basis -- it's in one another that they find comfort, friendship and, at times, more than friendship.Compare
- 03Drama·MedicalChicago Med2015–present·NBC
An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's newest state-of-the-art trauma center and into the lives of the courageous doctors, nurses and staff who hold it all together.Compare - 04Drama·History·AdventureShōgun2024–present
Shōgun is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war.Compare - 05Drama·MedicalThe Pitt2025–present
The Pitt is a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today's America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Compare - 06Drama·History·ActionVikings2013–2021·HistoryVikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore - and raid - the distant shores across the ocean.Compare
Head-to-head pick any opponent
Stack Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms's full episode-rating history against a rival, on one chart.
Keep exploring top shows
Short on time? The pilot-to-finale shortcut, only the episodes that matter.
MatchupCompare with another showTwo shows' episode ratings on one chart — settle it.
NetworkBest BBC One showsMore from the same network, ranked by rating.
GenreBest drama shows & filmsThe top of the drama pile, across both mediums.
GenreBest medical shows & filmsThe top of the medical pile, across both mediums.