The ‘Call the Midwife’ 2023 Christmas Special scored by Maurizio Malagnini will air on Christmas Day at 8:15pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
The festive special will see Helen George and Olly Rix returning as newlyweds Trixie Franklin and Matthew Aylward, while Jenny Agutter will return as Sister Julienne along with Linda Bassett as Nurse Phyllis Crane, Rebecca Gethings as newcomer Sister Veronica, Georgie Glen as Miss Higgins and Judy Parfitt as Sister Monica Joan. Megan Cusack will also be returning as Nurse Nancy Corrigan, along with Stephen McGann as Doctor Turner, Laura Main as Shelagh Turner and Max Macmillan as their son Timothy Turner. Alice Brown is also returning as Angela Turner, April Rae Hoang as May Tang and Edward Shaw as Teddy Turner. Cliff Parisi is also back as Fred Buckle, along with Annabelle Apsion as Violet Buckle, Daniel Laurie as Reggie Jackson and Zephryn Taitte as Cyril Robinson.
‘Call the Midwife’s Christmas Special begins two weeks before Christmas with Apollo 8 poised to circle the moon. Sister Monica Joan is convinced this could be her last Yuletide and decides she’ll not live to see a man walk on the moon. Trixie (Helen George) and her brother Geoffrey (Christopher Harper) decide they must come up with a plan to lighten Sister Monica’s mind. Elsewhere, Nancy (Megan Cusack) has decided to stay at Nonnatus House as Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter) offers her and Colette (Francesca Fullilove) a room.’