The dramatic series "Call the Midwife" is set in late 1950s London. The story revolves around several midwife nurses working in a Catholic convent. A young woman named Jenny Lee arrives to serve there and begins her duties as a midwife. She becomes acquainted with the nuns, who possess some medical skills, and a local law enforcement officer. Over the course of a month, around a hundred children are born in this area of London.