BBC period drama Call The Midwife is set to run through until at least 2022 after the British public broadcaster renewed it for a further two seasons.
The series, which airs on PBS in the U.S. has been handed a season ten and eleven consisting of eight episode seasons and two Christmas specials.
This comes as season eight of the Neal Street Productions series became the highest rating returning drama of 2019 with an average of around 9M viewers per episode. Filming is set to start on season nine shortly and it will air in 2020.
Heidi Thomas will continue to lead the writing team with Pippa Harris as executive roducer alongside Mona Qureshi. Ann Tricklebank is producer. The renewal was made by Charlotte Moore, Director, BBC Content and Piers Wenger, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning.
Harris said, “We are delighted and humbled by the continued warmth of the audience response to Call the Midwife.
The series, which airs on PBS in the U.S. has been handed a season ten and eleven consisting of eight episode seasons and two Christmas specials.
This comes as season eight of the Neal Street Productions series became the highest rating returning drama of 2019 with an average of around 9M viewers per episode. Filming is set to start on season nine shortly and it will air in 2020.
Heidi Thomas will continue to lead the writing team with Pippa Harris as executive roducer alongside Mona Qureshi. Ann Tricklebank is producer. The renewal was made by Charlotte Moore, Director, BBC Content and Piers Wenger, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning.
Harris said, “We are delighted and humbled by the continued warmth of the audience response to Call the Midwife.
- 3/4/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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