Call the Midwife star Stephen McGann has teased “so much change coming” for the series with its upcoming projects.
Fans will know that the BBC show is prepping a movie and a prequel series alongside the 2025 Christmas special and a new season.
Speaking at the National Television Awards to RadioTimes.com, the Dr Patrick Turner actor addressed the changes on the horizon for the franchise.
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“There is just so much change coming,” he said. “What you’ve seen in Call the Midwife in the last year or two is people coming, whispers of change, it’s kind of like, without saying any spoilers, it does get real. There’s some stuff that is coming over the hill that is really real.”
McGann further promised more “classic Call the Midwife” moments in the new scripts, and that the cast were left “reeling” by the latest one.
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He added of the show’s future plans: “As you know, we’ve done travelling. Things are going to be not the same as they were, but they’re going to continue in a different vein, so who knows? We’re the last to find out.”
The show’s upcoming Christmas special will be set in both Poplar and Hong Kong, while the movie will take place in 1972 as the characters head overseas. Meanwhile, the prequel show takes things back to World War Two.
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Elsewhere, speaking to press backstage at the NTAs after Call the Midwife triumphed in the Returning Drama category, Fred Buckle actor Cliff Parisi praised the series.
“I’ve worked in television for 45 years – this is the best show I’ve ever worked on,” he admitted. “Most of the shows I’ve been in I was in for 10 years. This is the best show. It is the best writing, the best cast, the best production, and the loveliest bunch of people you can ever hope for.”
Call the Midwife airs on BBC One and streams on BBC iPlayer.
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