Call the Midwife season 15: Release date speculation, cast and latest news
We're heading back to Nonnatus House.
Another season of Call the Midwife is on its way as filming commences on season 15.
"The opening of new doors at Nonnatus House feels profoundly emotional, and yet just right," said creator and writer Heidi Thomas. "I have never run out of stories for our midwives, and I never will."
Maria Bruno Ruiz, the vice president of programme content strategy and scheduling for PBS, the show's home in the States, added: "The beginning of filming for the 15th season is something to surely be celebrated!
"Our audience has fallen in love with the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House, celebrating their wins and sharing in their losses, and having a 'deep cry' along with them, and we look forward for what is to come."
Read on for everything we know so far about Call the Midwife season 15.
Call the Midwife season 15 release date speculation: When could it air?
The new season, which contains eight episodes, will debut in January 2026 – but we don't have an exact date at this point.
Filming has also commenced on the 2025 Christmas special, which is set in both Hong Kong and Poplar, and will follow in last year's footsteps with two parts.
Call the Midwife season 15 cast: Who will star?
The following names have been confirmed for season 15:
- Judy Parfitt as Sister Monica Joan
- Jenny Agutter as Sister Julienne
- Laura Main as Shelagh Turner
- Helen George as Trixie Aylward
- Cliff Parisi as Fred Buckle
- Stephen McGann as Dr Turner
- Linda Bassett as Nurse Crane
- Annabelle Apsion as Violet Buckle
- Georgie Glen as Miss Higgins
- Zephryn Taitte as Cyril Robinson
- Rebecca Gethings as Sister Veronica
- Daniel Laurie as Reggie Jackson
- Renee Bailey as Joyce Highland
- Natalie Quarry as Rosalind Clifford
- Molly Vevers as Sister Catherine
- Max Macmillan as Timothy Turner
- Alice Brown as Angela Turner
- April Rae Hoang as May Tang
- Edward Shaw as Teddy Turner
Call the Midwife Christmas special and season 15 plot: What will happen?
"When senior members of the Nonnatus House staff head to Hong Kong on a mercy mission, the younger midwives are left to cope alone," reads the synopsis.
"As the Christmas action shifts between the sun-drenched Far East and a snowy East End, Sister Julienne suddenly finds herself excited about the Order’s future. After years of battling change, she decides to embrace it, work with it, and see what love can do.
"This change of energy reverberates throughout series 15. The new series kicks off in 1971 with several of the ladies embracing Women’s Lib and burning their bras outside Nonnatus House.
"As the year unfolds, we see the team handle cases including premature birth, placenta previa, kidney cancer, tuberculosis and slavery."
Is the Call the Midwife season 15 trailer available to watch?
Sadly not.
Trailers usually arrive in the month leading up to the premiere.
Call the Midwife airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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Abby Robinson is the Drama Editor for Radio Times, covering TV drama and comedy titles. She previously worked at Digital Spy as a TV writer, and as a content writer at Mumsnet. She possesses a postgraduate diploma and a degree in English Studies.
