When Will 'Call The Midwife' Season 11 Arrive?

It's only been a couple of weeks since the end of Call the Midwife Season 10 and the tenth-year retrospective episode that followed here in the U.S. The fall timeslot was not the show's usual spot; since it became a hit stateside, PBS has been airing it in the spring, just a few weeks after it finishes its late winter run on the BBC. The show has largely functioned as the lead-in to whatever Masterpiece runs during the April and May months.

But the U.K. lockdowns upended all that. Filming for Season 10 didn't finish until January of 2021, and the BBC airing didn't come until April and May over there, driving the premiere in the U.S. back to the fall. But with the dust settled, fans are wondering about the schedule for next year. Couple that with the news Netflix had taken possession of Longcross Studios, producer Neal Street Productions' long time home where the new season is currently filming, and there is concern Season 11 might be late or that Season 12 might be delayed as well.

The good news is that, at least on the U.K. side of the pond, Season 11 is functioning as expected. Filming for Call The Midwife usually concludes right around the beginning of November, which it did, with the BBC premiering the series somewhere around six to eight weeks later in mid-to-late January. Since Call The Midwife didn't air all that much later in the U.K. than usual, shifting back to the regular January slot won't be much of an issue. Though the BBC has not confirmed when the show will return, fans should expect a premiere date to come not long after the Christmas special airs in December.