What To Expect From Call The Midwife Series 15

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?

Yes, Call the Midwife series 16 is on the cards, with the BBC’s all-female team set to return. This includes showrunner Heidi Thomas and executive producers Pippa Harris and Ann Tricklebank.

In other Call the Midwife news, both a prequel series and a film are in the works – so it’s a great time to be a fan.

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.