Call The Midwife broadcast an episode on Christmas Day, marking the return of series 11.
The second episode of the new series was shown on BBC One yesterday (January 2) with the likes of Trixie Franklin and Sister Julienne returning to Nonnatus House.
Seasons 12 and 13 will be aired in 2023 and 2024 respectively, but how many more series will be commissioned remains a mystery.
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And one of the cast has recently dropped a bombshell that is likely to have show fanatics rattled.
Doctor Turner actor Stephen McGann told Express.co.uk and other publications: “We’re all very happy with where it’s going.”
However, he regrettably explained: “Historically it has a natural, general timeline.
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“It won’t go on forever because it wouldn’t go on forever – if you stay to a level of historical accuracy, it won’t go on in that form forever because it didn’t back then.
“So, therefore, it has some kind of an end mark. But I think they are far too clever not to know when that will be and not to make it work within the framework of history.
“Will it go on forever? No.”
Stephen hinted series 11 will include a storyline that has a major impact on all of the people at Nonnatus House.
While he couldn’t go into much detail, the star explained: “It’s big, it’s brilliant and it is a real challenge. I think for people who watch the show, I think it’s a departure.
“It’s different. It’s ambitious. Everybody, in their way, is affected by it. Everyone comes into it. It smashes.
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“It’s great. And it shows us again going on and on with this thing and finding new things to tell.”
Stephen also opened up about his wife Heidi’s detailed thought process behind writing compelling content for Call The Midwife.
The 58-year-old explained: “Heidi goes upstairs and vanishes for a couple of weeks.”
He said Heidi feels like voices are saying to her, “ Tell my story, you haven’t told me story yet “.
“She looks and does all that research and it’s terrifying but it all comes from the same route, whether is those kids being transported to Australia or Lucille [Anderson played by Leonie Elliot] coming from Jamacia,” Stephen added.
Series 11 is set in Poplar, London, in 1967 which happens to be the year a variety of monumental events took place.
The events included the legalisation of abortion and the Sexual Offences Act of 1967 which decriminalised “homosexual acts” between adult men.
With Call The Midwife having a history of tackling challenging subjects, it would be hardly surprising if some of these issues were included in the season.
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