Call The Midwife Christmas special first look as BBC to air two-part episode - delighting fans
Call The Midwife fans will be getting an extra special Christmas treat this year – instead of the usual feature-length Christmas episode, there will be two hour long specials shown on BBC One over the festive period, and the producers are even promising a Yuletide cliffhanger.
The two episodes, which are coming before a new 14th season of the series in the new year, take place in Christmas 1969 before the show moves into the 1970s next year. The midwives of Nonnatus House are busy delivering babies just as the funfair comes to Poplar, adding fun to the frosty landscape. But that isn’t the only arrival as the medical team have to also deal with a surge in influenza and Hong Kong flu, while the residents are gripped by the news of an escaped prisoner they fear may be in the local area following a spate of break-ins in the neighbourhood.
Meanwhile, Doctor Turner’s children are caught up in the frenzy around the Blue Peter Christmas appeal, collecting dinky cars and scrap metal, while Trixie arrives at Nonnatus House from New York where she has been with husband Matthew to visit her brother Geoffrey. Throw in a mince pie competition hosted by Violet, a carol concert in the street and Reggie’s homecoming, and it’s Christmas chaos as usual in Poplar.
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Heidi Thomas, OBE, the creator of Call The Midwife, is thrilled to be bringing an extra episode to fans this Christmas. “Who doesn’t love finding an extra, unexpected present underneath the Christmas tree? When I was asked to write a two-part Christmas special for 2024, I couldn’t resist!” Dame Pippa Harris, who is an executive producer on the show, adds: “For the first time viewers can luxuriate in a two part festive treat this Christmas. Heidi has created a spellbinding special which I know will delight our loyal fans.”
Following the Christmas specials, there will be a new series of Call The Midwife in the new year in which our favourite nuns and Poplar residents will find themselves in 1970, and the BBC has also announced a further 15th series due for release in 2026.
Many of the original cast from the first series in 2012 remain in the show, including Railway Children star Jenny Agutter as Sister Julienne, Judy Parfitt as Sister Monica Joan, Helen George as Trixie, Laura Main and Stephen McGann as Shelagh and Dr Patrick Turner and Cliff Parisi as Fred Buckle.
