How to Watch the 'Call the Midwife' Christmas Special
There's more Call the Midwife on the way next year, but while we all eagerly await the future adventures of the midwives of Poplar, we're getting a little festive treat to tide us over in the form of the show's annual holiday special. Here's how to tune in!
When will the holiday special air?
While U.S. fans may be accustomed to getting new episodes of the nursing drama after it finishes airing in the UK, the annual Christmas episode is an exception, hitting airwaves on this side of the pond the same day as it does for British fans.
The episode will air exclusively on PBS on Christmas Day—Monday, December 25, 2023 at 8 p.m. eastern.
What will the special be about?
Expect plenty of holiday drama and seasonal joy from the midwives of Nonnatus this year. Per the official synopsis:
The Holiday Special begins two weeks before Christmas with Apollo 8 poised to circle the moon. Sister Monica Joan (Judy Parfitt) is convinced this could be her last Yuletide and decides she’ll not live to see man walk on the moon. The Nonnatus Family, including Trixie’s (Helen George) brother Geoffrey (Christopher Harper), decide something must be done to try and lighten her state of mind. Nancy (Megan Cusack) has recommitted to staying at Nonnatus House and Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter) has offered her and Colette (Francesca Fullilove) a room for the foreseeable future.
Trixie and Matthew (Olly Rix), fresh from their honeymoon, are preparing their first Christmas together as husband and wife when Geoffrey pays them an unexpected visit days before Christmas. Cyril (Zephryn Taitte) gently intervenes when he discovers a lost soul living alone in a dilapidated basement flat. For this man, Christmas is a reminder of all he’s lost and all he’s never had. Nurse Crane (Linda Bassett), away on her refresher course, makes it home in time for Christmas festivities despite a treacherously heavy snowfall.
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