Exciting news for fans of Call The Midwife

Two further series of Call The Midwife have been commissioned for BBC One, it has been announced.

The 10th series airs from this Sunday and filming on series 11 will commence shortly.

The 12th and 13th series commissions mean the period drama will be on air until 2024. Creator, writer and executive producer Heidi Thomas said: “It’s an incredible privilege to be able to look back on a decade of Call The Midwife, and yet know our journey is still very far from over.

“We are thrilled to be going on for a few more years. Like Nonnatus House itself, we have a proud past but an even more exciting future – full of old favourites, fresh faces, higher hemlines and new ideas.”