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Call the midwife book season 1
Language
English
Description
A moving intimate funny and above all true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the Fifties based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar she knows nothing about hardship poverty or indeed life itself. Attached to an order of nursing nuns at Nonnatus House Jenny is part of a team of midwives who visit expectant mothers providing the poorest women with...
3) Notting Hill
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English
Description
Anna Scott, a famous movie star and William Thacker, a travel bookstore owner meet for the first time and wonder if they can fall in love while the whole world is watching.
5) If only
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English
Description
A talented young singer/songerwriter had met the love of her life while studying classical music in London. Unfortunately, the two have a terrible argument and she becomes involved in a terrible accident. But when fate miraculously intervenes, her grief-stricken boyfriend gets a second chance to relive the tragic day - and hopefully change their destiny.
10) Sliding doors
Language
English
Description
A London woman's love life and career both hinge, unknown to her, on whether or not she catches a train.
11) Miss Potter
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English
Description
In an effort to give their younger brother, Norman a project to keep him busy now that he has joined the family publishing house, the older Warne brothers agree to publish Miss Beatrix Potter's first children's book. They don't expect the book to sell well, but they need to keep Norman busy. As a single woman living in Edwardian London, Beatrix suspects this endeavor may provide her with a small measure of freedom. But she also has very specific ideas...
Language
English
Description
The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
Series
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English
Description
"The beloved nuns and nurses of Nonnatus House return to warm your heart and care for the poorest women in London's East End, where life never stands still. A surprise pregnancy brings unexpected happiness to one mother, while Trixie discovers new purpose in life after alcohol. Could friendship blossom into something more for the vicar and Barbara? And where is Sister Monica Joan? Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Miranda Hart, Judy Parfitt and Helen George...
Series
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English
Description
"The nurses, midwives and nuns of Nonnatus House invite you to join them again as they try to give the best possible care to the poorest women in London. It s now 1962 and times are changing. This series sees the nuns receive an SOS call from a mission hospital in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Under the hot sun, the Nonnatus family face some of their toughest challenges yet. Back in Poplar, the rather austere Sister Ursula is appointed the new...
Series
Language
English
Description
"The nurses, midwives and nuns of Nonnatus House invite you to join them again as they try to give the best possible care to the poorest women in London. Now nearing the 1960s, the community enters a new time of social change, while stories of birth, life and death continue to touch your heart. Will live-wire Nurse Trixie marry her young curate? What new project calls for a heart as big as Chummy's? How will Sister Evangelina react to two new nurses?...
16) An ideal husband
Language
English
Description
Brief sensuality/nudity.
Sir Robert (Northam) is a highly respected politician whose spotless reputation is the pride of his beautiful wife (Blanchett) and adoring sister (Driver). But when an old acquaintance (Moore) threatens to reveal a dark secret from Robert's past, only his womanizing, party-loving best friend Goring (Everett) is scheming and dishonest enough to come to his aid.
Language
English
Description
Harvey, a divorced, down-on-his-luck music jingle composer, and Kate, a lonely British airline employee, are brought together by chance. Harvey comes to London for his daughter's wedding, planning only to attend the wedding ceremony. However, he ends up being let go from his job before going back to America and decides to stay for the reception, asking Kate to accompany him. Thus begins a growing connection between these two guarded strangers.
19) Hereafter
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English
Description
This film peers at an intriguing question--is there an afterlife?--through the lens of George, Marie, and Marcus, who are each tortured in different ways by the thought of life after death. George Lonegan is psychic. It was once his career: he was "the man who can speak to the dead," with a high-traffic website, and a popular biography. But he fled that life, unable to cope with the emotional burden of his abilities. Marie Lelay is a French TV presenter...
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English
Description
Changing times, cutthroat competition, and romance flavor the dramatic conclusion. As the Roaring Twenties close, the market for haute couture is shrinking. In order to survive, can the House of Eliott realize that ready-to-wear is fashion's future? Title has been repackaged.
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