There is huge news for Call the Midwife fans because the much-loved show has confirmed that filming is underway for the 2024 Christmas special and Call the Midwife season 14.
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a festive visit to Poplar to catch up with our favorite community midwives, and we now have confirmation that the Yultide episode is in production.
But, that's not all! After the huge success of Call the Midwife season 13, fans are waiting patiently for season 14 to hit our screens in early 2025 and in a social media post today (Monday, April 29), the show has confirmed that filming for the full series is also underway.
It might only be spring, but over in Poplar Christmas is well underway as the photo shows Doctor Turner (Stephen McGann) standing with his wife Shelagh Turner (Laura Main) and daughters Angela Turner (Alice Brown) and May Tang (April Rae Hoang) in front of a Christmas tree, looking very happy as they mark the return to filming with a clapperboard for season 14.
The caption with the image reads: "We begin our filming season in Christmas 1969, before we move on to the new year, and our new series 14 episodes. This yuletide marks a poignant turning point - as it's the last time we'll be filming in the swinging sixties! Next stop: the supersonic seventies!"
Speaking of the show's return writer and Executive Producer Heidi Thomas says: "After all these years, I still get butterflies every time I see the first clapperboard picture from the set. Series 14 is set in 1970, launching us into an exciting new decade. We can’t wait to bring you another season full of touching, exciting, emotional stories from Nonnatus House”
Fans of the much-loved period drama can also breathe a sigh of relief because despite Trixie and Mathew Aylward moving to New York at the end of season 13, we now know that Trixie is definitely coming back for the new series after Helen George confirmed she would be returning to the show.
The Call the Midwife season 13 ending saw Trixie decide to follow her husband across the pond to support him in his new business in New York, however, it remains to be seen if actor Olly Rix will be returning as Matthew.
It is also thought all our Call the M saw Trixie decide to follow her husband across the pond to support him in his new business in New York,however, it remains to be seen if actor Olly Rix will be returning as Matthew. ter Veronica, Georgie Glen as Miss Higgins, and Judy Parfitt as Sister Monica Joan.
Newly qualified midwives Joyce Highland (or should we say Claudine Warren?!) played by Renee Bailey and Rosalind Clifford played by Natalie Quarry are also thought to be returning.
Megan Cusack is also on the cards to return as Nurse Nancy Corrigan with Francesca Fullilove as Nancy's daughter, Colette Corrigan.
Call the Midwife seasons 1 to 13 are available to watch on BBC iPlayer now.
