Call the Midwife stars reveal all on ‘dark, Dickensian’ Christmas Special saying ‘life can be difficult’

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CALL the Midwife fans mightiness not get a cheery and blessed Christmas this twelvemonth arsenic the festive peculiar airs connected BBC One.

This twelvemonth volition spot Call the Midwife celebrating Christmas successful 1969, and successful existent Poplar manner it volition spot the communities coming together.

Call The Midwife's Christmas peculiar volition beryllium a treble measure this Christmas

Call The Midwife's peculiar won't beryllium each cheery and airy arsenic a prima described it arsenic 'dark' and 'Dickensian'

However it's not each sweetness and light, arsenic 1 of the stars revealed it volition beryllium a 'dark' Christmas.

Actress Jenny Agutter, who has played Sister Julienne since the bid archetypal began, revealed to the Radio Times: "For me, erstwhile I work it, I was precise touched by it. It’s rather Dickensian.

"It is rather dark, but successful with that is simply a batch of humour and a batch of humanity, and that's what lightens it.

"It's conscionable the designation that we’re successful hard times, we've been successful hard times, we ever were successful hard times. It conscionable recognises that."

Laura Main, who plays erstwhile nun and present doctor's woman Shelagh Turner, added that it felt close to person airy and shadiness astatine Christmas arsenic she shared: "I deliberation it besides feels truly apt arsenic a Christmas communicative to not conscionable beryllium afloat of joyousness and cheer, due to the fact that beingness doesn't halt for Christmas.

"Life tin beryllium difficult, and truthful that's reflected successful the story.

"To instrumentality a infinitesimal to deliberation of others, and spot radical serving others, is simply a nice connection astatine Christmas."

Agutter added "Well, the stateless household is perfectly soul-destroying, conscionable watching that happen, radical evicted from their places. And we cognize that's happening today.

"As you say, beingness goes connected and Christmas doesn't marque it easier. It is for some, but not for everybody."

This twelvemonth volition spot 2 episodes aerial from the Poplar midwives this Christmas, arsenic the BBC synopsis revealed: "As Poplar besides prepares for a carol concert, the neighbourhood is gripped by the news of an escaped captive and fears turn that helium whitethorn beryllium successful the section country aft a spate of break-ins.

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"The Turner children are caught up successful the fever surrounding the Blue Peter Christmas entreaty to cod dinky cars and scrap metal.

"Trixie makes a fleeting sojourn to Nonnatus House and is delighted to spot her member Geoffrey, and Miss Higgins has her grandson Harry enactment for Christmas.

"Violet hosts a mince pastry contention but the Buckles’ preparations for Reggie’s homecoming are thrown into turmoil."

Call The Midwife: A breakdown

Call The Midwife archetypal came onto the airwaves successful 2012 and has been seen by millions. But what is it about?

Series one: Set successful aboriginal 1957 and it explored the 'Baby Boom generation, which included themes of poorness and post-war immigration.

Series two: Set successful 1958 and it showed state and aerial being introduced for symptom alleviation for the archetypal time. It ended with the Nonnatus House gathering being condemned.

Series three: Set successful 1959 and it depicted gruesome conditions specified arsenic cystic fibrosis, polio and it showed the midwives successful the discourse connected prisons.

Series four: Set successful 1960 nether the menace of atomic warfare and the exigency effect guidelines issued by the local Civil Defence Corp. Other themes included LGBT rights, and syphilis.

Series five: Set successful 1961 and it shows the attraction of patients with conditions specified arsenic Typhoid and strokes. We besides saw the effects of thalidomide, the introduction of the contraceptive pill.

Series six: Set successful 1962 and home unit was astatine the centre of the season. Other themes included FGM (female genital mutilation), intelligence wellness issues and interracial marriage. It was besides notable for the instauration of Reggie, a recurring quality with Down Syndrome.

Series seven: Set successful 1963 and we spot Nurse Lucille Anderson for the archetypal time. We besides spot the amusement code conditions specified arsenic dementia, huntington's disease, leprosy and meningitis

Series eight: Set successful 1964 and it bravely covered the contented of abortion, which was not ineligible for different 3 years successful 1967. Sickle compartment disease, cleft lip, cleft palate and intersex people besides featured.

Series nine: Diptheria was astatine the centre of the ninth instalment successful 1965, and it was notable for featuring a unsighted expectant mother. But the relation of Nonnatus House wrong the assemblage besides came into question.

Series ten: Set successful 1966, Nonnatus House has a rival successful the signifier of the backstage Lady Emily Clinic in Mayfair. PKU, diabetes and the contention surrounding termination were cardinal themes.

Series eleven: Set successful 1967 amid the lodging situation and a scabies epidemic. The amusement was rocked by a bid clang close adjacent to Nonnatus House.

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