Call the Midwife viewers react to distressing child neglect episode

Call The Midwife's latest episode deeply distressed viewers with its portrayal of child neglect, prompting strong reactions on social media. The episode focused on a family where children were found starving and filthy, leading to intervention by Nurse Highland and later social services after a child fell from a window and a past child death was revealed. Other storylines included a bra-burning demonstration, a traumatic birth, and the potential for Nonnatus House to become fully NHS-run, requiring nuns to abandon their habits.