{"id":19375,"date":"2022-07-28T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T14:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1687686"},"modified":"2022-07-28T16:22:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T14:22:10","slug":"call-the-midwife-well-into-filming-season-12-christmas-special-wrapped","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/call-the-midwife-well-into-filming-season-12-christmas-special-wrapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Call the Midwife \u201cwell into\u201d filming season 12 \u2013 Christmas special wrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By David Craig\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 28 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The team behind Call the Midwife have given an update on production, announcing that filming is complete on this year\u2019s Christmas special and work on season 12 is well underway.<\/p>\n<p>The previous instalment of the hit medical drama ended on a dramatic note, with a <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/call-the-midwife-finale-train-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">terrible train crash<\/a> feared to have taken the lives of beloved characters Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter) and Dr Patrick Turner (Stephen McGann).<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, both recovered from their injuries, but fans will be interested to see how the traumatic incident impacts them moving forward as they continue serving the residents of their Poplar community.<\/p>\n<p>In a post to the show\u2019s official <a href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/callthemidwifeofficial&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> page, a spokesperson explained that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/call-the-midwife-season-12-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Call the Midwife<\/a> is now midway through production and taking its usual summer recess, having started filming in late April.<\/p> <p>\u201cFilming days can be very long, and the hours very inhospitable \u2013 and so our production likes to reward our team with a decent break midway through, so that they can return refreshed to complete the series,\u201d they explain.<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued: \u201cSo how are we doing? Really, really well! We have already completed Christmas filming, and are well into season 12! When we return from our summer break, we have the last half of our stories to film, and won\u2019t complete that till the early winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall the Midwife is truly a four seasons job!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Call-the-Midwife-b60b2f3.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=290%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Call-the-Midwife-b60b2f3.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=290%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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starting with the festive special, usually aired on Christmas Day, and continuing through to early 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can rest assured that the period drama, which is among the BBC\u2019s most popular programmes, has plenty more stories to tell, with a 13th season already confirmed for 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call The Midwife is available to stream on <a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/p0118t80\/call-the-midwife&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>. 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