Call the Midwife Christmas Special Preview

Ahead of the hit period drama’s upcoming fourteenth season, we’re heading back to Poplar soon for another Christmas special. This year will mark the first time that the Christmas special will be in two parts. 

Executive producer Dame Pippa Harris said: “For the first time viewers can luxuriate in a two-part festive treat this Christmas. Heidi Thomas has created a spellbinding special which I know will delight our loyal fans.”

What is it about?

The regular beloved cast members will all return for the Christmas special, which this year is set in December of 1969, and will mark “a poignant turning point” before the show moves into the 70s.

According to its synopsis: 

The midwives are “all busy delivering babies and doing the job they are most dedicated and committed to”, while Poplar also welcomes a funfair, which adds “a burst of colour and excitement to the frosty landscape”.

However, this will also bring “ challenges, including influenza and the Hong Kong flu, not to mention an escaped prisoner.”

There will also be safety concerns as “fears grow that he may be in the local area after a spate of break-ins”.

Elsewhere, “the Turner children are caught up in the fever surrounding the Blue Peter Christmas appeal to collect dinky cars and scrap metal, Trixie makes a fleeting visit to Nonnatus House and is delighted to see her brother Geoffrey, and Miss Higgins has her grandson Harry stay for Christmas”.

Violet also has her hands full hosting a mince pie competition, “but the Buckles’ preparations for Reggie’s homecoming are thrown into turmoil”.

Watch the teaser trailer here:

 

Will Call The Midwife continue after 2024?

As previously announced, Call The Midwife has been renewed for a further two series, 14 and 15. 

Work on Series 14 has already concluded and will be broadcast early in 2025 on BBC 1 in the UK and on PBS in the USA and Canada. 

Where can we watch it?

UK:  Part 1 has been confirmed to air at 8pm on Christmas Day on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Part 2 will continue on Boxing Day at 7:30pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

USA:  The 2024 Call the Midwife Holiday Special will premiere on Christmas Day, December 25, 2024, on PBS at 8pm ET. It will also be available to stream for free as of 8pm on December 25 at the Call the Midwife Official Site or with the PBS App on these devices: Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android phones, iPhones, iPads, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast, and Android TV.

 

UK viewers can catch up on Call The Midwife (S1-13) on the BBC iPlayer. The series has been sold to over 240 territories around the world, making it one of the BBC’s most-loved international hits.

US viewers can watch the first 12 seasons on Netflix. Viewers can also catch up on Season 13 on PBS starting September 7, 2024, and episodes will be free to watch through October 7, 2024. PBS Passport members can watch starting August 7, 2024. After October 7, episodes of season 13 will not be available for streaming (and not available in PBS Passport) until another TV rebroadcast from PBS.

Australian viewers can currently watch S1-12 on Britbox, S7-13 on Foxtel and S 12 on ABC iView.