Not only that, but it also has a prequel series, a movie and a 16th season beyond that.
In other words, it’s going nowhere. And neither is series creator Heidi Thomas by the looks of things.
Despite getting offers from Netflix and other ‘wonderful opportunities’, Thomas remains committed to the BBC and has ‘no desire to walk away’, according to the RadioTimes .
In case you’ve heard any reports to the contrary this morning… The BBC would like to reassure fans that Call The Midwife will remain at the heart of the BBC for years to come.
As previously announced, there are two Christmas specials, a new series, a film and prequel series,… pic.twitter.com/C0ZcDWgmwG
— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) June 26, 2025
“Why would I give it up for something that’s a shot in the dark?” she said of the long-running series – which charts the personal and professional lives of the midwives and nuns of Nonnatus House, in London’s East End, from the late 1950s through to the 1970s.
“I’ve always had things to say and I’ve always had brilliant people to say it for me, quite literally. This is my job of a lifetime – I’ve probably spent half my lifetime doing it – and that’s not going to change.
“To work with other women, to be able to tell stories about women and the working classes and the disabled and about newcomers to this country, I feel incredibly privileged to have had this material to work with. And… the streamers don’t necessarily give anybody that because it’s all a puff of smoke in the dark. Anything on a streamer comes like a firework and vanishes like a firework.
“And this [Call the Midwife] is solid, isn’t it? It’s solid. It’s a building, we built it from the ground up and there will be more stories.”
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Thomas said that for her, “it’s not about the money, it’s about values”.
“I love the fact that we are a BBC show, because the BBC gives us a not unreasonable budget to work with, but we put every penny onto the screen,” she said. “And I think that is as it ought to be.
“There’s never enough time and there’s never enough money, but what you make out of not having enough time and not having enough money is a jewel because you put thought into every gesture that you make, both on the screen and behind it. And I don’t think you can put a price on thoughtfulness.”
