Call the Midwife's Helen George teases emotional season 15 finale: 'I sobbed like a baby'

Call the Midwife fans will need to brace themselves ahead of the season 15 finale, which Helen George has described as "really emotional".

"There's this scene, I won't really go into detail, but it sort of encompasses all of the characters that we've had on the show over the last 15 years," said the Trixie actor at the Radio Times Covers Party 2026.

"And when I walked onto the set, I just sobbed, I sobbed like a baby. It was really emotional. So if I was a mess – and I'm heart of steel – then the audience will be a mess as well."

Renee Bailey, who plays Joyce, went on to say that it's Call the Midwife "at its whole," adding: "It makes you laugh, it makes you cry. It's a hug and it's also heartbreaking. It's a mix of everything, but I think audiences are going to love it."

"I've been thinking about it more and more as we get into the spring", said Rosalind actor Natalie Quarry. "I think it really will, hopefully, stay with people."

Fans of Call the Midwife were already gearing themselves up for maximum emotional impact after show creator Heidi Thomas told Radio Times that season 15 brings an era to an end, and that the finale was "hard" to write.

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And it's since been confirmed that Sister Monica Joan has chronic kidney disease, for which there is no cure – with the show's viewership now poised to say goodbye to Judy Parfitt's iconic character, who is a firm fan favourite and part of the Call the Midwife furniture.

"In these episodes, I'm playing scenes there's no way I can leave behind," the actor told Radio Times. "It's been horrendous, on occasion. For an actor, a vivid imagination is wonderful to have – and hell to live with.

"So having all that to play was wonderful. I don't know what I'll do without her, actually."

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Nonnatus House is also staring down the barrel of oblivion after receiving a letter from the council informing them that the maternity home will close.

"And assuming that we, too, will now cease operations," added Sister Julienne.

"Do we have any say in this?" asked Trixie, on the verge of tears.

"At present, it seems not," she responded – and in the teaser for the penultimate episode, Sister Julienne reiterated that the council has ceased all funding.

But you will have to wait an extra week to find out what happens next following a schedule change – with the show set to return on Sunday 1 March in its usual time slot of 8pm.

Call the Midwife season 15 will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Sunday 1 March.

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