The Midwives

This documentary series follows the midwives on the Central Delivery Unit at Saint Mary's Hospital in Manchester - one of the busiest labour wards in the country - as well as at other hospitals across the UK. The programme shows what it's like for midwives to care for families at the most special time of their lives, all the while dealing with the unpredictability of birth and the pressures of the NHS. It's a high-risk unit, and an unpredictable one -- the midwives never know whether the next delivery will be straightforward or filled with terrifying and potentially tragic turns. …  MORE