Call the Midwife star says BBC show 'won't be the same'
Helen George has teased the evolution of Call the Midwife, the long-running BBC show.
Call the Midwife "won't be the same" when it returns for season 16, according to Helen George.
The hit BBC show is set to return for its 16th season in 2027, and Helen - who plays Trixie Franklin - has warned that Call the Midwife will look different when it returns to TV screens.
The 41-year-old actress told Radio Times: "We've all been saying that we'll feel it most in April because that's when we usually start filming. So when that comes around and we don't, we won't have the support network and community that work has given us."
Helen added: "It won't be the same, with different characters leaving and whatever."
Meanwhile, Heidi Thomas, the programme's creator, previously announced plans to make the Call the Midwife prequel series.
The screenwriter teased details of the prequel series, explaining that she was "yearning to delve into the deeper past".
She said at the time: "The opening of new doors at Nonnatus House feels profoundly emotional, and yet just right.
"I have never run out of stories for our midwives, and I never will. But having wept, laughed, and raged my way from 1957 to 1971, I found myself yearning to delve into the deeper past.
"The Blitz years in the East End were extraordinary - filled with loss, togetherness, courage and joy. The bombs fell, the babies kept on coming, and the Sisters kept on going. There will be so much in the prequel for our wonderful, loyal fans, including the appearance of some familiar (if much younger!) faces.
"As the classic Call the Midwife series moves further into the 1970s, it also seems the perfect time for our much-loved regulars to take a short break from Poplar and test themselves in an unfamiliar landscape. The rise in hospital births, and changes in the NHS, have clipped their wings, and this is their chance to take flight and work out what really matters."
