Premiere Dates Confirmed for 'Call The Midwife' Christmas Special & Season 12

Call The Midwife has been a staple of the BBC and PBS since its debut a decade ago in 2012, as is the series' yearly Christmas special. The series' U.K. premiere, which traditionally occurs in January, comes close enough on the heels of the late December holiday that the production groups the holiday special with the forthcoming season that follows. (So the first Call The Midwife Christmas special, which aired in December 2012, is technically considered part of Season 2, not Season 1, the December 2013 special was Season 3, etc.)

That makes the forthcoming Christmas episode part of Season 12, which, as usual, will debut on the BBC this coming January. American viewers will, as always, have to wait a bit between the Christmas special, which is coming on December 25, and Season 12; it won't be anything like 2021 when Call The Midwife was held until fall. Season 12 will arrive in its usual early spring berth, starting Sunday, March 19, at 8 p.m. ET.

There's no trailer yet for Season 12, as the BBC probably won't debut it until after the Holiday special has aired, and PBS won't have one until much closer to March. But there is a teaser for the upcoming Christmas episode, along with confirmation that PBS Passport will have the past few years' worths of specials again on streaming in time for the holiday season.