Call The Midwife, the hit period drama about a group of nurse midwives working in London’s East End, has captured audiences’ hearts for more than a decade.

Set between the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the series by Heidi Thomas is inspired by Jennifer Worth’s Call The Midwife trilogy.

This festive season, the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House return with a two-part Christmas special set in both Hong Kong and Poplar.

The special will be followed by series 15, featuring eight new hour-long episodes airing from January 2026.

When senior members of the Nonnatus staff travel to Hong Kong on a mercy mission, the younger midwives are left to cope on their own.

The special will air in two parts. (Image: BBC / Neal Street Productions / Olly Courtney)

As the story moves between the sun-drenched Far East and a snowy East End, Sister Julienne, played by Jenny Agutter, finds herself unexpectedly energised about the Order’s future.

The festive special features regular cast members, including Laura Main as Shelagh Turner, Helen George as Trixie Aylward, Stephen McGann as Dr Turner and Annabelle Apsion as Violet Buckle.

Agutter, 72, says the Christmas special features a “great deal of displacement”.

“When I read it, it certainly struck me,........

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