PBS Confirms 'Call the Midwife' Season 13 & 2023 Holiday Special Premiere Dates

Call The Midwife has officially finished filming Season 13 just in time for the holiday season. The beloved British series, which is all the cozy, none of the mystery, will return to the small screen for its yearly "Festive Special" for the holidays and then to the BBC in January 2024, as is a time-honored tradition after more than a decade on the air. PBS has also confirmed that the series will return to America for another year, with dates set for both the 2023 holiday special arriving on most stations and PBS Passport, as well as a confirmed Season 13 premiere date in the spring of 2024.

Neal Street Productions announced the series had finally completed filming on November 24, 2023, with a photo of Georgie Glen, who plays Miss Higgins, and a festive clapper celebrating the final scene to be filmed this year. The holiday decor surrounding Glenn suggests the scene is from the forthcoming special; though it is the first to be shown, and, in the U.K., is the unofficial kickoff to the new season, it is not filmed first. (Also, unlike some series that also have holiday specials, like Doctor Who and The Great British Baking Show, the special is not filmed separately.)

The production studio had been hyping the end of filming for a couple of weeks, with behind-the-scenes images from the forthcoming season featuring everyone from the youngest cast members who play the Turner children to Cliff Parisi, who has been with the series since Season 1, playing Fred Buckle. While there's been little in the way of details for the new season, it looks like at least one episode plans to go off with a bang.