Created and written by Heidi Thomas, Call The Midwife returns to BBC One for a seventh series in
Made by Neal Street Productions for BBC One, Call the Midwife has been one of Britain’s most popular drama series since it launched in 2012 and it continues to be one of the most watched dramas in the UK, with all six series to date gaining over 10m viewers. The latest Christmas Special went out on Christmas Day and was the most watched show on the day for a second year running.In series seven, the nuns and nurses find themselves tested, both personally and professionally, as never before. It’s 1963 and all around them they see the old East End vanishing, as slum clearances make way for bold new tower blocks to accommodate expanding communities. Their work brings them into contact with a wide range of challenging issues, from Leprosy to Stroke, Cataracts, and unmarried mothers.
Trixie’s romance with Christopher continues to develop, whilst Tom and Barbara enjoy life as a married couple. Nurse Crane finds her authority questioned from an unexpected quarter, and Sister Monica Joan is forced to accept her failing faculties. And life for the Turners is turned upside down when Shelagh decides to employ a Hungarian au pair!
Joining as a new cast member is Leonie Elliott, who plays Nurse Lucille Anderson, the first West Indian midwife to feature as a regular character in the series. Elegant, funny and clever, Lucille is swift to settle in, and brings a fresh new energy to life at Nonnatus House. Through her eyes we explore the experiences of Caribbean nurses who came over in the 1960s to support the growing NHS.
Series seven of the multi-award winning Call The Midwife consists of 8×60’ episodes, and with series eight and nine also confirmed, the show will continue to follow the lives of the Nonnatus House community well into the mid 1960s. (BBC)
With Call The Midwife renewed through Season 9, the series is safe from the reaper until 2020, at least.
Stay tuned for the very latest on the survival and ultimate end game status of Call The Midwife…
Erna Taylor-Stark says
Thank you, thank you. I still haven’t looked at the Christmas,2017 showing yet, because I am SAVING it for when I am having a bad day. This show Is very dear to me and I hope it goes on for a very long time.
JBG says
My family is so excited that Call the Midwife has been renewed. We all like to watch it.
Janet Davis says
Call of the Midwive is a series I heisted in viewing until more than a year ago. Once I started to watch them all, it’s the first series I’d watch once again, it’s fantastic, a learning tool, warm and caring. I can’t wait for its return. Thanks to all the writers, producers, actors, networks and more for creating such a delightful look at humanity and how we react to life’s experiences!
Debbie says
Thank you! I love the show.