Call the Midwife creator hints BBC show will 'take a break at some point'
The creator of Call the Midwife has shared she thinks the show will 'take a break at some point'.
Heidi Thomas, who has been involved with the BBC period drama since it began in 2012, did clarify that she can't see the programme ending anytime soon.
Call the Midwife charts the early years of the fictional Nonnatus House in London's East End and is currently airing its 14th series.
Discussing the show's future, Thomas told the Radio Times: 'Those of us who are most invested with the show, cast and producers alike, who have been there since the beginning, it is our lives.
Well, WHAT an episode that was! If you haven't yet seen episode 7, then we urge you to catch up on BBC iPlayer now! And so the countdown begins to Sunday's #CallTheMidwife series finale... No spoilers - but one little tease? It features TWO brides... pic.twitter.com/RTTtr31otH
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'I don't believe Call The Midwife will ever end. But I do think we might take a break at some point.'
The writer said she is 'not in a position to talk about things' currently but there is a 'rolling, ongoing conversation' about the show's future that they have at this stage every year.
She added that they do see opportunities to 'expand' the Call The Midwife world, which is the direction they will go if the main show takes a break.
The show has had a series of eight episodes start airing every January since it began alongside a Christmas special in December.
As a result, the writing schedule is continuous for Thomas and she will be maintaining it for at least two more years as the drama is commissioned until series 16.
She added: 'One day, I'll be able to look back and say, 'God, I was lucky'. For Call The Midwife to be my mission, my defining show, my hope, my joy, my torment, for x number of years, I just feel really lucky.'
One aspect of Call the Midwife that will be coming to an end is actress Megan Cusack's time on the programme.
She has played the character of Nancy Corrigan since 2021 but will be departing soon.
Cusack shared: 'Sometimes, you've got to step out of your comfort zone to grow. I've learned so much, but I'm at the start of my career and I need to take a leap of faith.
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'It's bittersweet, really. I've made lifelong friendships there and I get to take those with me.
'But when I think about not rocking up to set and seeing Tim, who's part of the grips team, with his guitar hanging out of his van and serenading people at half six in the morning … it really has been like a family.'
Call the Midwife continues on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 8pm on Sunday, March 2.
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