Followers of Name The Midwife have been dealt a devastating blow as showrunner Heidi Thomas has revealed there shall be no festive particular in 2026. The present’s Christmas episode has grow to be a staple of the BBC Christmas Day schedule over the previous 15 years and the 2025 providing was cut up into two components which aired on December 25 and 26. Nonetheless will probably be lacking from TV Guides subsequent 12 months.

Talking completely to Categorical.co.uk and different media at a launch for the upcoming season 15, Heidi, married to Stephen McGann, who stars within the present as Dr Patrick Turner, confirmed that the particular is taking a hiatus. “No, there will not be a Christmas particular subsequent Christmas, not within the conventional mould, so all of us get to take pleasure in on Christmas Day, which could be very good,” she laughed. “Each Christmas, my complete household sit and watches it as a result of they’ve by no means seen it earlier than. So I cook dinner Christmas dinner – generally I’ve cooked for as much as 16 folks. I am lined in gravy, like each different mum in Britain. After which when all the opposite mums in Britain say, and ‘now it is me time’ I sit all the way down to Name the Midwife,” she revealed.

The break is to accomodate the upcoming characteristic movie of the present which was introduced in June this 12 months. Amidst hypothesis concerning the present’s future, the BBC issued an announcement.

“The BBC want to reassure followers that Name The Midwife will stay on the coronary heart of the BBC for years to come back.

“As beforehand introduced, there are two Christmas specials, a brand new collection, a movie and prequel collection, earlier than a sixteenth collection in the end. Name the Midwife is not going anyplace,” it learn.

Whereas Heidi confirmed the movie goes forward, she admitted they’re nonetheless finalising sure particulars, so they will not be “making any official bulletins” simply but.

Heidi had beforehand opened up concerning the movie saying: “Because the basic Name the Midwife collection strikes additional into the Seventies, it additionally appears the right time for our much-loved regulars to take a brief break from Poplar and take a look at themselves in an unfamiliar panorama.

“The rise in hospital births, and modifications within the NHS have clipped their wings, and that is their likelihood to take flight and work out what actually issues.

“While the situation of the movie stays top-secret, I can say it’s going to look completely implausible on the large display!”

Whereas followers watch for the large display outing the eagerly anticipated fifteenth season is ready hit BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Janauary 11.