Call the Midwife star Judy Parfitt has said it's going to be "hard for all of us" with the hit BBC series set to be rested.

Call the Midwife, which follows a group of midwives in London's impoverished East End during the 50s and 60s, began back in January 2012.

It has gone on to win several major gongs, including BAFTAs, TV Choice and National Television Awards.

Series 15 of the hit BBC series begins on Sunday (January 11), and will consist of eight hour-long episodes.

Once the new series of Call the Midwife has concluded, it will be rested temporarily, while the focus shifts to a new prequel series, set in Poplar during World War II, and a film set in 1972.

Judy Parfitt, who plays Sister Monica Joan on Call the Midwife, said the break in the show is really going to "shake" her, and will also be "hard" for the entire cast.

Speaking to Radio Times , Parfitt said: “This time of year, you thank God you’re nearly finished because you’re so tired.

“From about the beginning of March, you start thinking how lovely........

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