'Call the Midwife' Christmas Special Preview

Christmas time is here and, fortunately for Call the Midwife fans, that means a holiday visit from our friends at Nonnatus House. However, don’t expect a traditional wintery Poplar Yuletide this time around because the midwives and their friends unexpectedly find themselves responding to a dire medical situation in warmer climes.

Yes, our favorite nuns and midwives are going to South Africa this Christmas.

On Christmas day Sister Julienne is informed that that a nun from their order, Mother Felicity, who headed the Hope Clinic in South Africa, has passed away. The facility is woefully understaffed and underfunded so the Church requests that a small contingent of medical personnel travel to the remote village to pitch in for a month. The group includes Nurses Franklin, Crane and Gilbert and Sisters Julienne and Winifred. Dr. and Mrs. Turner agree to run an urgently needed polio vaccination program while Rev. Hereward is chosen to disperse a mission society grant and assess the future viability of the Hope Clinic. Rounding out the party is Fred Buckle whose wartime sanitary engineering skills make him an essential asset to the clinic.