The eighth season appears to carry many new historical events where Lucille deals with a senior elderly (Annette Crosby) who suffers from an unpleasant leg ulcer, fears that living surrounded by piles of rubbish, books, and food cans will have a serious impact on Healing, and perhaps it will be more dangerous during those events. On another hand, Valerie deals with a horrifying situation in an exciting way.
The toasty, Victoria Wood-style humour of Call the Midwife was as ever balanced by a clear-eyed look at the tougher side of life for women of the time.