Speaking about the finale, Trixie star George said a particular scene honouring the series’ characters made her sob “like a baby”.<\/p>\n
“There’s this scene, I won’t really go into detail, but it sort of encompasses all of the characters that we’ve had on the show over the last 15 years,” said the actor at the Radio Times<\/a> Covers Party 2026.<\/p>\n She added: “And when I walked onto the set, I just sobbed, I sobbed like a baby. It was really emotional.”<\/p>\n BBC<\/p>\n Related: Best streaming services<\/a><\/p>\n “So if I was a mess – and I’m heart of steel – then the audience will be a mess as well.”<\/p>\n Renee Bailey, who plays Joyce, described the finale as Call the Midwife “at its whole”, adding: “It makes you laugh, it makes you cry. It’s a hug and it’s also heartbreaking. It’s a mix of everything, but I think audiences are going to love it.”<\/p>\n Rosalind actor Natalie Quarry commented: “I’ve been thinking about it more and more as we get into the spring. I think it really will, hopefully, stay with people.”<\/p>\n BBC<\/p>\n Related: “Television at its best”: 7 unmissable shows coming to Netflix, Apple TV and more this week<\/a><\/p>\n The period drama, created by Heidi Thomas, is set to return for season 16<\/a>, with a tentative 2027 release. Thomas recently teased that the season 15 finale would shed further light on where the Nonnatus gang will end up<\/a>. <\/p>\n Meanwhile, a 1972-set film and a prequel series<\/a> taking place during World War II and featuring younger versions of core characters have been announced. The prequel has been confirmed to replace the 2026 Christmas special. <\/p>\n Call the Midwife airs on BBC One and streams on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n Read more Call the Midwife news on our dedicated homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n The new edition of Living Legends, a 100-page all-colour celebration of Taylor Swift, is here! Buy Taylor in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99. Reporter, Digital Spy<\/p>\n Stefania is a freelance writer specialising in TV and movies. After graduating from City University, London, she covered LGBTQ+ news and pursued a career in entertainment journalism, with her work appearing in outlets including Little White Lies, The Skinny, Radio Times<\/a> and Digital Spy<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Her beats are horror films and period dramas, especially if fronted by queer women. She can argue why Scream is the best slasher in four languages (and a half).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Call the Midwife star Helen George has warned fans will be “a mess” after watching the show’s season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[138632,131124,1105,146729,1107,93,61,60,1135,146728,282],"class_list":["post-313892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-call-the-midwife","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-261af19b-1e40-41cd-bfa3-4f28ba977dbd","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-call-the-midwife-star-says-fans-will-be-a-mess-over-finale","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"natalie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/natalie-quarry-helen-george-call-the-midwife-season-14-68b6d3c85b649.jpg\" "\\"Natalie")
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