Has Call The Midwife Been Cancelled? The Rumours Explained

Series 14 wrapped up in March, and we’re already dreaming of Call the Midwife series 15, which will kick off, as always, with a Christmas special at the end of the year. This will herald an eight-part return to Poplar and the lives of our beloved midwives in January 2026. With filming officially underway, here’s everything you need to know.

Call The Midwife Series 15: Plot, Cast, Release Date & More

Joyce Highland (RENEE BAILEY) & Trixie Aylward (HELEN GEORGE) in Call the Midwife series 14. (© BBC/Neal Street Productions/Olly Courtney)

What Will Happen?

Call the Midwife series 15 will begin with a two-part Christmas special, and this time we’re going international. Senior members of Nonnatus House head to Hong Kong on a mercy mission, while the younger midwives are left to cope alone – with the action spanning the sun-drenched Far East and the snowy East End. Sister Julianne (Jenny Agutter), ever-resistant to change, finally decides to embrace it.

And this embracing of change, approaching it with love, is woven through series 15. It’s 1971, and women’s liberation is the rule of the day, with ladies burning their bras outside Nonnatus House. As the year unfolds, cases spanning premature birth, placenta previa, kidney cancer, tuberculosis and slavery unravel.

Who Will Star?

All of our beloved Call the Midwife regulars will be returning for series 15, including:

• Judy Parfitt as Sister Monica Joan
• Jenny Agutter as Sister Julienne
• Laura Main as Shelagh Turner
• Helen George as Trixie Aylward
• Cliff Parisi as Fred Buckle
• Stephen McGann as Dr Turner
• Linda Bassett as Nurse Crane
• Annabelle Apsion as Violet Buckle
• Georgie Glen as Miss Higgins
• Zephryn Taitte as Cyril Robinson
• Rebecca Gethings as Sister Veronica
• Daniel Laurie as Reggie Jackson
• Renee Bailey as Joyce Highland
• Natalie Quarry as Rosalind Clifford
• Molly Vevers as Sister Catherine
• Max Macmillan as Timothy Turner
• Alice Brown as Angela Turner
• April Rae Hoang as May Tang
• Edward Shaw as Teddy Turner

Ingrid Martin (JADE DOWSETT-ROBERT) in Call the Midwife series 14. (© BBC/Neal Street Productions/Olly Courtney)

Release Date

As always, Call the Midwife will return with a Christmas special, followed by an eight-part series in the New Year. For season 15, this means the two-part Christmas special will air on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, followed by the regular episodes airing weekly on Sundays from 3 January 2026. Every episode will air on BBC One, before being available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

Will There Be Series 16?

It’s unclear what’s happening with Call the Midwife series 16. In May, the BBC stated the beloved series’ all-female team – showrunner Heidi Thomas and executive producers Pippa Harris and Ann Tricklebank – would ‘helm series 16 together in due course’. However, according to a source speaking to The Daily Star, it’s not all set in stone just yet.

‘After years of drama and countless births, Call The Midwife is coming to an end,’ an insider said. ‘The team have decided it’s time to draw the show to a close and bow out. This is the last we’ll see of these much-loved characters. Storylines will tie up a lot of loose ends.

‘The final series is being filmed at the moment,’ the anonymous source added. ‘Cast members have been emotional on set. It’s a bittersweet time for the cast and crew. They’re all sad it’s coming to an end, but they want to make sure the show gets the ending it deserves.’

However, it’s not all bad news: both a prequel series and a film are in the works. If the Star report is true, the film will be our last hurrah with the cast we know and love, while the prequel will replace the core series in BBC’s annual schedules.

‘The prequel series will be very different to Call The Midwife, but it will still have the same magic,’ The Star‘s source said. ‘The storylines will be inspired by true events and there will be some fantastic new characters for viewers to fall in love with.

‘The writers are also open to the idea of reviving Call The Midwife for a special one day in the future,’ they added. ‘It’s a case of never say never.’

WATCH

All 14 series of Call the Midwife are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

In the US, Call the Midwife is available to stream on PBS.