Annie Tricklebank

A Chinese first-time mother faces an unexpected crisis.

An expectant mother buckles under the strains of pregnancy, as Tom provides pastoral care.

An explosion at the docks brings heartache to the people of Poplar.

Nonnatus House welcomes a new recruit, Nurse Valerie Dyer.

As Poplar celebrates a white Christmas, an unexpected SOS call from the Mother House interrupts festivities. Hope Clinic, a tiny mission hospital in South Africa that has links to the Order, is threatened with closure. Sister Julienne swiftly procures the help of Sister Winifred, Trixie, Barbara, Nurse Crane, Dr. Turner, Shelagh, Fred and Tom Hereward and they are soon transported to South Africa to try and save the clinic.

As Poplar prepares for Christmas, the nuns leave for the Mother House to vote in a new mother superior and to help care for a group of Chinese orphans. Meanwhile, Trixie returns to Poplar refreshed and is shocked to discover that many mothers no longer want to give birth at home.

Lucille faces racism and prejudice when a new mother falls ill.

Sister Julienne is drawn into the heart of a different culture.

The winter continues, and the team at Nonnatus House welcome their newest midwife.

Nurse Crane and Trixie investigate when a mother abandons her children at the clinic.