Call the Midwife Renewed for Two More Seasons

BBC One has ordered an additional two seasons of Call the Midwife, taking the show up to 2022.

Season eight of the Neal Street Productions series has averaged 9 million viewers per episode, making it BBC One’s biggest show of 2019 so far and the highest-rated returning drama across all channels in the U.K. this year. Season nine is about to start filming, and seasons ten and eleven will consist of eight hour-long episodes each and two Christmas specials.

Pippa Harris, executive producer for Neal Street Productions, said: “We are delighted and humbled by the continued warmth of the audience response to Call the Midwife. It’s a testament to the extraordinary creativity of Heidi Thomas who pours her heart and soul into every episode. We are thrilled that the BBC has put such faith in the show by commissioning two more series and can’t wait to watch our wonderful cast and crew tackling all the social and medical changes which the swinging sixties will bring.”

Heidi Thomas, creator, writer and executive producer, said: “Even after all these years, it still feels as though Call the Midwife has more truth to tell, more tears to cry, more life to celebrate and more love to give. We are blessed with the best cast, crew and audience a show could wish for, and I could not be more excited about our future.”

Charlotte Moore, director of BBC Content, added: “Everyone at the BBC is delighted we’re welcoming the nurses of Nonnatus House back for another two series, and we’re all looking forward to following our cast through the tumultuous years of the late sixties. I’d like to thank the wonderful cast and crew, and particularly Heidi, Pippa and Ann for their continued creative ambition and dedication to such a very special show.”