When Will 'Call The Midwife' Season 10 Arrive? The Show's U.K. Release Is Still Delayed

If it's the end of March, then it must be time for PBS's spring season and a new round of Call The Midwife. Since the show's second season in 2013, the series has aired like clockwork every year, with a Christmas special in December and then a new season arriving on the BBC mid-January followed by a PBS debut stateside at the end of March. But as the drama rounds into Season 10, the series has been shifted off its regular schedule. Filming for new seasons typically begins in March and runs on and off through the spring and summer. But when the coronavirus pandemic shut down the U.K. in March of 2020, everything was delayed.

The good news is that the show got itself up and running again on August 31, 2020, and had a Christmas special ready for fans come Dec. 25. But the rest of the season wasn't complete, causing the show to miss its usual January debut on the BBC, all but assuring it wouldn't make the regular March return slot on PBS either. During the Television Critics Association press tour, President and CEO Paula Kerger confirmed the show's arrival would be delayed. However, she did not give a firm date to expect the series since it was still filming at the time.

But despite yet another lockdown in the U.K., filming for Season 10 finally wrapped in mid-February, with an only slightly truncated season. (Seven episodes instead of the usual eight.) And unlike many series, it did so without a single COVID case on the set in cast or crew adding to the delays. The series tweeted out a photo to commemorate "a most challenging year."