OHMYGOSSIP — The new series of ‘Call the Midwife’ will begin shooting “very soon”.
The 11th season of ‘Call the Midwife’ came to a dramatic close a few weeks ago, and the cast and crew are now already preparing to return to work.
Megan Cusack – who plays the part of Nancy Corrigan – told RadioTimes.com: “It’s coming very soon. So just really excited to get together with everyone again because everyone’s so lovely. It’s like a family. The crew are great. It’s great craic.
“It’s that weird time in between where you’re like, ‘I’d actually just like to be with everyone still!'”
Helen George is also looking forward to the show’s return.
And she’s particularly happy that a lot of the COVID-related restrictions have been eased before the start of filming.
She said: “What’s nice is we’re not going to have COVID restrictions for the first time in a few years, which will be wonderful.”
The first series of ‘Call the Midwife’ aired in 2012, and Heidi Thomas – the creator of the hit period drama – previously admitted to being amazed by the show’s success.
The 59-year-old writer recalled being in “shock” when she heard that millions of people were watching the first series.
She shared: “I think we were all hugely surprised by the popularity of the show. Simply because for a very long time before we started to film it people told us nobody would watch it. They used to say young women will be frightened by it, older women will be disgusted by it, men won’t watch it at all, and I used to think well nobody will watch this show.
“The very first time it went out we got eight million overnight viewers and I think we were in a sort of shock.”