Call The Midwife has delighted fans by confirming work has begun on this year’s Christmas special. However, it also marks the end of an era for the show, as it is the last episode which will be set in the 1970s.
Taking to Instagram, the BBC posted a picture of Shelagh and Patrick Turner with two of their children in front of a Christmas tree, holding a clapperboard to mark the moment they began filming. The opening two words of the caption reading “It’s happening!!” delighted fans everywhere.
“We’ve just received the iconic clapperboard shot hot from the set of Call the Midwife, where our intrepid team have begun the first day’s filming for the new Christmas special and the FOURTEENTH series!!” the post continued. “And what better way to open up the new season than with the Turners Shelagh (Laura Main), Patrick (Stephen McGann), and their children May (April Rae Hoang) and Angela (Alice Brown) in the cosy festive turner home xxx.
“We begin our filming season in Christmas 1969, before we move on to the new year, and our new series 14 episodes. This yuletide marks a poignant turning point – as it’s the last time we’ll be filming in the swinging sixties! Next stop: the supersonic seventies!!!” (sic)
The post also included a statement from the writer and Executive Producer of the show, Heidi Thomas, who said: “After all these years, I still get butterflies every time I see the first clapperboard picture from the set. Series 14 is set in 1970, launching us into an exciting new decade.
“We can’t wait to bring you another season full of touching, exciting, emotional stories from Nonnatus House. And BOY do we have some stories for you! We cannot WAIT to show you what’s coming….” she teased. (sic)
Fans were thrilled by the news and took to the comments to share their excitement. @tinagirl67 wrote: “Really can’t wait best ever prog to watch always my fav.” (sic)
@amanda_alison_12 agreed, saying: “Excellent cannot wait, absolutely sensational drama.” (sic)
@chloe_isabelle98 was extremely excited, gushing: “SO EXCITING!!! Alice and April have grown SO much since the last series ended!” (sic)
@tamikirkpatrick enthused: “I cannot WAIT! It is my most favorite show of all time. I am literally an ambassador for this show. Like I’m a faithful volunteer I do hope the nuns keep living.
“I cannot bear it if they don’t. Also the nurses. And bring Chummy back?! Pretty please? I LOVE THE WRITING AND THE ACTORS. It’s glorious.” (sic)
@jen.morrow chimed in: “I am so excited when I see this, I can actually smell my childhood Christmas’s! I want born in the sixties, but not much changed through the 70’s at Christmas I don’t think, anyway, I love it and I cannot wait!!!” (sic)
Meanwhile @hanuka12 commented: “I can’t wait! I have so many emotions and so many wonderful experiences with those who give us this series! Thank you and good luck!”
