History Trivia / CallTheMidwife

** Screenwriter/show creator Heidi Thomas is married to Stephen [=McGann=], who plays Dr Turner. ([=McGann=] good-naturedly grumped that just because he's married to the head honcho doesn't mean he gets a preview of what's coming; he had to wait to find out whether Sister Bernadette and his character were going to end up together until he got his script. For the record, [[spoiler:[[TheyDo they did]]]].)

* StarMakingRole: For Creator/JessicaRaine, Creator/HelenGeorge, Bryony Hannah, and Laura Main.

--> '''Dr Turner''': "The tablets are known as Distaval. The magic ingredient is called [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide#Birth_defects_crisis thalidomide]]]].'

* RealLifeRelative: Screenwriter/show creator Heidi Thomas is married to Stephen [=McGann=], who plays Dr Turner. ([=McGann=] good-naturedly grumped that just because he's married to the head honcho doesn't mean he gets a preview of what's coming; he had to wait to find out whether Sister Bernadette and his character were going to end up together until he got his script. For the record, [[spoiler:[[TheyDo they did]]]].)

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Jenny Agutter, who plays the devout nun-in-charge Sister Julienne, identifies as an atheist.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Jenny Agutter, who plays Sister Julienne, identifies as an atheist.

* FanNickname:
** Stephen [=McGann=], who plays Dr Turner, has been fondly nicknamed by his fanbase "the Human Disaster" (for his questionable sartorial choices and general adorkableness). This nickname is as official as it gets; to the consternation of the whole fandom, [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-01-26/stephen-mcgann-call-the-midwife-isnt-about-nostalgia-its-a-warning it appeared in]] the ''Radio Times''.
** Similarly to the above, Laura Main has been nicknamed "the Pocket Soprano" because she is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin tiny and a soprano]].
** "DTE", or "Dr Turner Effect", refers to Stephen [=McGann=] -- and his character, Dr Turner -- making women everywhere swoon. Any photograph in which he looks particularly attractive will be labeled with "DTE".
** ShowRunner Heidi Thomas is often referred to affectionately as "The Queen" in the fandom on Tumblr.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Several years after their characters had broken off their engagement, Creator/HelenGeorge (Trixie Franklin) and Jack Ashton (Tom Hereward) fell in love while filming on location in South Africa. They now have a daughter, Wren.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Several years after their characters had broken off their engagement, Helen George (Trixie Franklin) and Jack Ashton (Tom Hereward) fell in love while filming on location in South Africa. They now have a daughter, Wren.

* StarMakingRole: For Creator/JessicaRaine, Helen George, Bryony Hannah, and Laura Main.
* ThrowItIn: "The Road Scene" was originally planned to be shot in bright sunshine, but on the day of filming, the crew encountered a classically English misty fog. Cast and crew alike raved about the effect, with Stephen [=McGann=] citing the symbolism of "Laura [Main] coming out of the fog" in particular as lending the scene a mystical, dreamlike quality that fit the romance perfectly.

* TheCastShowoff: Possibly the most understated use of this trope in the history of television. Sister Bernadette leads the hymns for prayer, and that's Laura Main, a trained soprano, actually singing. All the vocal solos are hers.

** Stephen [=McGann=], who plays Dr Turner, has been fondly nicknamed by his fanbase "the Human Disaster" (for his questionable sartorial choices and general {{adorkable}}ness). This nickname is as official as it gets; to the consternation of the whole fandom, [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-01-26/stephen-mcgann-call-the-midwife-isnt-about-nostalgia-its-a-warning it appeared in]] the ''Radio Times''.

* ActingForTwo: Monica Dolan as Mave and Meg Carter in series 2, episode 3.

* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: June Dillen of 4x08, a deaf mother, was played by Genevieve Barr, who is profoundly deaf in real life.

* ActorAllusion: Pam Ferris has played a midwife [[Film/ChildrenOfMen before]].

* StarMakingRole: For Jessica Raine, Helen George, Bryony Hannah, and Laura Main.

* AnachronismStew: Largely averted, but there's a particularly glaring example with the EstablishingShot of The London Hospital, which shows the name "The Royal London Hospital"--an appellation it didn't get until the Queen's visit in 1980.

** Creator/SharonSmall (Nora Harding, episode 2x05) previously played DS Barbara Havers on ''TheInspectorLynleyMysteries''. Jenny Agutter (Sister Julienne) made a guest appearance in episode 3x03 of that programme, ''A Cry for Justice'', playing Jemma Sanderson.