Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms
2026 British TV series or programme
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Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms is an upcoming British period drama television series that will serve as a prequel to Call the Midwife. It will follow a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London during World War Two.[2]
Amy Booth-Steel
Helen Schlesinger
Helena Wilson
Bally Gill
Liv Andrusier
Lizzie Back
Ellie Mckay
Ciaran Bowling
Ami Metcalf
Ben Rose
| Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Period drama |
| Created by | Heidi Thomas |
| Starring | Julie Hesmondhalgh Amy Booth-Steel Helen Schlesinger Helena Wilson Bally Gill Liv Andrusier Lizzie Back Ellie Mckay Ciaran Bowling Ami Metcalf Ben Rose |
| Narrated by | Jenny Agutter |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Pippa Harris Heidi Thomas |
| Producer | Ann Tricklebank |
| Running time | 60 minutes [1] |
| Production company | Neal Street Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One (United Kingdom) |
| Release | 2026 |
| Related | |
| Call the Midwife | |
The TV series will be produced by Neal Street Productions with Call the Midwife creator and executive producer Heidi Thomas serving as the show's writer and executive producer alongside Pippa Harris. It is set to premier initially as a three-part mini series in Christmas 2026 with a feature-length series to air at a later date.[3]
Premise
In September 1939, Nonnatus House is the beating heart of the East End community of Poplar. The nurses and nuns dedicate their lives to mothers, babies and the poor. But there is no gas and air, no penicillin, no cure for TB and no welfare state. Then war is declared - and life gets even harder.
While bombs rain from the sky, women give birth underground, families are shattered and whole streets are reduced to ruins. But courage and resilience triumphs as the community unites to survive.[3]
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Julie Hesmondhalgh as Sister Alice, Nurse and Midwife
- Amy Booth-Steel as Sister Evangelina, Nurse and Midwife
- Helen Schlesinger as Sister Monica Joan, Nurse and Midwife
- Helena Wilson and Jenny Agutter (narration) as Sister Julienne, Nurse and Midwife
- Bally Gill as Dr. Kit Malhotra
- Liv Andrusier as Nurse Marianne Siegler, Nurse and Midwife
- Lizzie Back as Nurse Sybil Maxted, Nurse and Midwife
- Ellie Mckay as Nurse Olive Dobbs, Nurse and Midwife
- Ciaran Bowling as Fred Buckle, Army Officer
- Ami Metcalf as Betty Buckle
- Ben Rose as Dr. Patrick Turner, General Practitioner
Guest cast
- Martin McCann as Tommy Moffat
- Rachel O'Connell as Mary Moffat