Nurse Trixie returns to Nonnatus House for this year’s ‘Call the Midwife’ holiday special
Call the Midwife fans will no doubt remember Nurse Trixie’s departure in series 7 after slipping back into her addiction with alcohol.
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Lots of new faces at Nonnatus House as ‘Call the Midwife’ S8 begins filming
Miriam Margolyes will join the cast of Call the Midwife for the forthcoming 2018 Christmas special and episode 1 of series 8 which will, most likely, premiere on BBC1 in January 2019. The Harry Potter star (along with Blackadder, Little Dorrit and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries) is set to play Sister Mildred, a “forthright and indefatigable sister from […]
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Midwives get back on their bikes as ‘Call the Midwife’ S8 begins filming
As American audiences work their way towards the end of series 7 of Call the Midwife, official word out of the UK is that series 8 has begun filming! If a picture is worth a thousand words then Mondays post from the official Call the Midwife Twitter page coupled with the simple phrase, “It’s happening”, must be considered priceless. […]
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Grab your bike! The Official ‘Call the Midwife’ Location Tour opens 7 April 2018!
Attention Call the Midwife fans! Beginning 7 April 2018 and running through 28 October 2018, CTM fans worldwide can hop on their bikes and head to Poplar (actually, The Historic Dockyard Chatham) and go behind-the-scenes of the most-watched drama on BBC1 ever! Created by Heidi Thomas and entering into its 7th series on PBS beginning […]
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It’s Nonnatus House vs The Big Freeze for the 2017 ‘Call the Midwife’ Christmas Special
What a difference 365 days can make. It was only one year ago that the midwives of Poplar were battling the heat in a South African mission hospital. Fast forward 365 days and it looks as if it will be a white Christmas and a much colder holiday season for the residents of Nonnatus House […]
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‘Call the Midwife’ adds a new resident to Nonnatus House beginning with 2017 Christmas special
As series 6 of Call the Midwife comes to a close this Sunday on PBS, word comes from the UK that Black Mirror actress Leonie Elliott has been cast as Nurse Lucille Anderson. Elliott becomes the first West Indian midwife to feature as a regular character in the BBC drama. The first pic shows the Nonnatus House […]
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A bit of Miranda Hart greatness this holiday season begins Monday on Channel 4
Miranda Hart may not be returning to Poplar this Christmas when Call the Midwife returns but she will definitely be on everyone’s radar this holiday season as the star of the self-titled, self-penned and semi-autobiographical sitcom, Miranda, joins forces with her dog, Peggy, to recreate some of television’s iconic moments from 2016 for Alan Carr’s 12 Stars of Christmas beginning […]
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‘Call the Midwife’ headed to South Africa for Christmas Day special
As Poplar celebrates a white Christmas, Nonnatus House receives an SOS call from a tiny mission hospital in the Eastern Cape of South Africa that is not only face with a poor water supply but understaffed, underfunded and threatened with closure. Nonnatus House regulars, Jenny Agutter, Linda Bassett, Victoria Yeates, Laura Main, Stephen McGann, Jack […]
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‘Call the Midwife’ delivers as series renewed for three more seasons
In a decision that is both welcomed and highly unusual at the same time, the BBC and PBS have announced that the ladies of Nonnatus House will continue with new episodes (27 to be exact) of Call the Midwife continuing until at least the year 2020 with the series renewed for three more seasons. As fans […]
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Despite earlier reports, Chummy has gotten off her bike and won’t be in Poplar for ‘Call the Midwife 6’
With much sadness, I must report that it appears Chummy has taken her last bicycle ride in Poplar, at least for the upcoming series anyway. Despite an earlier announcement by Call the Midwife producers and Miranda Hart that her character, Chummy, would be returning to Nonnatus House for Call the Midwife 6, it is now being reported that Chummy will not […]
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