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

TV-PG8 eps

S15

DramaMedical

ON AIR: JAN 11Season 15Archived listing

What to Expect

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Call the Midwife pairs the urgency of difficult labors with the quieter work of caring for families facing illness, cramped housing, and social shame. Episodes weave several stories together, giving births and medical troubles room alongside the hardships surrounding them. The drama can be painful and tearful, but its treatment of families remains compassionate, with hope rather than bleakness setting the tone.

The shared convent house brings nurse midwives and nuns into a daily life of friendship and gentle humor. Beyond it, familiar neighborhood faces return over the years, so care extends beyond a single delivery or visit. Bicycles and brick terraces give the period setting a cozy texture, while those continuing relationships make the East End feel like a lived-in community.

Best for

emotional rescues, tender family drama and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Medical

Commitment

Season 15 · 8 episodes

Where

BBC One

Official Premise

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.

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Why this pick

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