How many episodes are in Call the Midwife?

Call the Midwife has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does Call the Midwife premiere?

Call the Midwife premieres on 2026-01-11.

Is Call the Midwife a new series?

Call the Midwife is a returning series (Season 15).

Call the Midwife(2012)

Also known as Call the Midwife – Ruf des Lebens • SOS sages-femmes • L'amore e la vita - Call the Midwife

Archived · BBC One

8.6

TV-PG8 eps

S15

DramaMedical

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s & decades following. Based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Feels like

working-class londonperiod medical dramacommunity-centered storiesearnest life-and-death

ON AIR: JAN 11Season 15Archived listing

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