Call the Midwife 2025 Christmas Special: Full cast list

Since it first began in 2012, the Poplar-based show has had a Christmas special that often pulls on the heartstrings of its viewers with a touching storyline.

Call the Midwife was originally based on the books by Jennifer Worth and her time as a midwife in the East End of London during the 1950s.

The show has since become one of the BBC’s biggest hits and is being adapted into a movie and a prequel series.

For the 2025 festive special, the BBC show is airing a two-part Christmas Special, airing on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Ahead of the Call the Midwife Christmas Special, we have all the information on how you can watch the special, the full cast list and what you can expect.

All you need to know about the Call the Midwife 2025 Christmas Special

Call the Midwife 2025 Christmas Special full cast list

Many popular characters are returning for the Christmas episode with Helen George returning as Nurse Trixie, Jenny Agutter as Sister Julienne and Stephen McGann as Dr Partick Turner.

• Sister Julienne: Jenny Agutter
• Nurse Phyllis Crane: Linda Bassett
• Sister Monica Joan: Judy Parfitt
• Nurse Trixie Aylward: Helen George
• Nurse Shelagh Turner: Laura Main
• Dr Patrick Turner: Stephen McGann
• Fred Buckle: Cliff Parisi
• Violet Buckle: Annabelle Apsion
• Cyril Robinson: Zephryn Taitte
• Miss Millicent Higgins: Georgie Glen
• Sister Veronica: Rebecca Gethings
• Reggie Jackson: Daniel Laurie

• Nurse Joyce Highland: Renee Bailey
• Nurse Rosalind Clifford: Natalie Quarry
• Sister Catherine: Molly Vevers
• Teddy Turner: Edward Shaw
• Angela Turner: Alice Brown
• May Turner: April Rae Hoang
• Diane Edgar: Leila Ayad
• Geoffrey Franklin: Christopher Harper
• Jonty Aylward: Arthur Devoy
• Sister Hilda: Fenella Woolgar
• Mrs Wallace: Linda Hargreaves
• Timothy Turner: Max Macmillan
• Sister Edith: Ines Laimins
• Yuechan: Ocean On
• Mrs Ma: Patra Au
• Dr Watkiss: Allegra Marland

• Queenie Forsyth: Aoife McMahon
• Major Burr: Jai Day
• Grace Cheung: Kimmi Tsim
• Denzil Cheung: Thor Lok
• Harry Chopra: Eisa Latif
• Esther Tang: Yennis Cheung
• Christopher Tang: Max Ho
• Voice of mature Jennifer Worth: Dame Vanessa Redgrave

How to watch Call the Midwife Christmas Special 2025

Call the Midwife’s two-part Christmas special will air over two days, part one on Christmas Day at 8.15pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

The second part will air the following day on Boxing Day at 8.30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Viewers can also watch all previous series of Call the Midwife now on BBC iPlayer.

What to expect in the Call the Midwife Christmas Special 2025

This festive season, the Call the Midwife Christmas Special is set in both Hong Kong and Poplar.

When senior members of the Nonnatus staff travel to Hong Kong on a mercy mission, the younger midwives are left to cope on their own.

As the story moves between the sun-drenched Far East and a snowy East End, Sister Julienne, played by Jenny Agutter, finds herself unexpectedly energised about the Order’s future.

After years of resisting change, she begins to embrace it, choosing to work with it and to see what love can do.