“Call the Midwife” will be telling compassionate — and often, political — stories about pregnancy, motherhood, healthcare, and reproductive rights through at least 2022. Deadline confirms the long-running BBC drama has been renewed for Seasons 10 and 11 after Season 8 became the UK network’s “highest [rated] returning drama of 2019 with an average of around 9M viewers per episode.”
The series about a group of nurses tending to the residents of working-class postwar London will also produce two Christmas specials as part of the renewal. Creator Heidi Thomas will continue to head the writing team.
Production on “Call the Midwife’s” ninth season will kick off soon, and is set to air in 2020.
Once a season of “Call the Midwife” concludes on the BBC, it airs on PBS in the U.S.
“We are delighted and humbled by the continued warmth of the audience response to ‘Call the Midwife,'” said exec producer Pippa Harris. “It’s a testament to the extraordinary creativity of Heidi Thomas, who pours her heart and soul into every episode. We are thrilled that the BBC have put such faith in the show by commissioning two more series and can’t wait to watch our wonderful cast and crew tackling all the social and medical changes which the swinging sixties will bring.”
“Even after all these years, it still feels as though ‘Call the Midwife’ has more truth to tell, more tears to cry, more life to celebrate, and more love to give,” Thomas emphasized. “We are blessed with the best cast, crew, and audience a show could wish for, and I could not be more excited about our future.”
“Call the Midwife’s” eighth season will begin on PBS March 31. Helen George, Jenny Agutter, Laura Main, and Judy Parfitt are among the stars.
Series alumna Emerald Fennell, who played Patsy on “Call the Midwife,” is showrunner of “Killing Eve” Season 2. The buzzy spy thriller returns April 7 on BBC America.
