BBC Call the Midwife Christmas special: What time it's on, cast and is there a new series?

This Christmas there will be another trip to Nonnatus House in a special festive episode of Call the Midwife.

The popular BBC period drama, which is now a Christmas staple, follows a group of nurse midwives who work in the east end of London - with the first season depicting life in the early 1950s. This year's festive special will bring a tale of community and social commentary on life in Poplar as 1968 becomes 1969.

And once again the show is expected to reflect all the emotions of the festive season with storylines exploring new fertility medicine being trialled at the time as well as the problems around social housing and people losing their homes at the time.

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Discussing this year's Christmas special Jenny Agutter, 70, who plays Sister Julienne, said: “This is very much Christmas at home at Nonnatus, but it doesn’t at all miss that whole magical sense of Christmas.

"It is quite a special. Christmas for everybody. There is something in there which is going to be a surprise to everybody… It was a lovely surprise reading it. It’s totally unexpected, there’s quite a build-up to it – and I can say no more.”

Helen George, 39, who plays Trixie, added: "It’s so special that we’ve become part of the Christmas Day TV menu.

"It’s always a lovely thing when everybody sits down on Christmas Day and watches us, and then chats throughout the evening about it. It’s a very special thing."

Here is everything you need to know about the Call the Midwife Christmas special.

Call the Midwife is on BBC One on Christmas Day at 8.15pm. It finishes at 9.45pm.

Here is the cast for the Call the Midwife Christmas special:

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