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Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2025

Joyce Highland (RENEE BAILEY), Trixie Franklin (HELEN GEORGE), Sister Julienne (JENNY AGUTTER)
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Joyce Highland (RENEE BAILEY), Trixie Franklin (HELEN GEORGE), Sister Julienne (JENNY AGUTTER)

Premieres Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encores Friday, Dec. 26 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV + Tuesday, Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2

Joyce Highland (RENEE BAILEY) and Rosalind Clifford (NATALIE QUARRY)
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Joyce Highland (RENEE BAILEY) and Rosalind Clifford (NATALIE QUARRY)

Senior members of the convent embark on a mercy mission, swapping the snowy East End of London for the sun-drenched terrain of Hong Kong. The rise in hospital births, and wider changes in the NHS, have clipped their wings.

Cyril Robinson (ZEPHRYN TAITTE) and MRS WALLACE (Linda Hargreaves)
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Cyril Robinson (ZEPHRYN TAITTE) and MRS WALLACE (Linda Hargreaves)

But their mission to the Far East is a chance to take flight and work out what really matters. For her part, Sister Julienne suddenly finds herself excited about the Order’s future. After years of battling change, she decides to embrace it and see what love can do.

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Fred Buckle (CLIFF PARISI)
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Fred Buckle (CLIFF PARISI)

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Rosalind Clifford (NATALIE QUARRY)
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Rosalind Clifford (NATALIE QUARRY)

CALL THE MIDWIFE follows the nurses, midwives and nuns from Nonnatus House, who visit the expectant mothers of Poplar, providing the poorest women with the best possible care.

Sister Catherine (Molly Vevers) and Sister Monica Joan (JUDY PARFITT)
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Sister Catherine (Molly Vevers) and Sister Monica Joan (JUDY PARFITT)

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