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Call the Midwife Season 13 is primarily set in 1969. The drama continues from where the BBC drama left off, with nuns, midwives, doctors, and residents of Poplar remaining at Nonnatus House. The thirteenth series consists of nine episodes: a Christmas special aired on 24 December 2023, and eight of the main series aired on BBC One starting from 17 March 2024 and early May 2024 in the UK.
The series was shot in 2023. It introduces new and returning characters to tackle the subject of midwifery, family life, and community work within the East London community. The series is still tackling social change, health care, and everyday Nonnatus House life, along with its traditional narrative styles, including the voiceover presentation that grounds the series in the Jennifer Worth memoirs.
Have a look at the cast and character guide of Call the Midwife Season 13
Main cast of Season 13
The following are the main Season 13 cast of Call the Midwife and their characters:
Jenny Agutter as Sister Julienne — Executive in charge of Nonnatus House.
Judy Parfitt as Sister Monica Joan — Retired midwife suffering from short-term memory loss.
Linda Bassett as Phyllis Crane (Nurse Crane) — Experienced midwife and older woman figure of guidance.
Helen George as Trixie Aylward (née Franklin) — Overworked midwife attempting to balance work life and marriage.
Stephen McGann as Dr Patrick Turner — General practitioner at the local level.
Laura Main as Shelagh Turner — Ex-nun, family and medical practice assistant.
Rebecca Gethings as Sister Veronica — Nun and health visitor at Nonnatus House.
Cliff Parisi as Fred Buckle — Housekeeper at Nonnatus House.
Annabelle Apsion as Violet Buckle — Fred's wife.
Georgie Glen as Miss Millicent Higgins — Receptionist at Dr Turner's surgery.
Zephryn Taitte as Cyril Robinson — Neighbour and community leader.
Megan Cusack as Nancy Corrigan — Midwife and mother.
Francesca Fullilove as Colette Corrigan — Daughter of Nancy, who was introduced in Season 13.
Renee Bailey as Joyce Highland — New trainee midwife.
Natalie Quarry as Rosalind Clifford — New trainee midwife.
April Rae Hoang as May Tang — Adopted daughter, who was introduced in previous seasons.
Max Macmillan as Timothy Turner, Alice Brown as Angela Turner, and Edward Shaw as Teddy Turner — Patrick and Shelagh's children.
Vanessa Redgrave — Narrator (voice of Jennifer Worth).
Recurring cast, new faces, and family connections in Call the Midwife Season 13
Season 13 also finds a balance between repeat casting and new faces, continuity for the past, but with fresh stories to tell. Established nuns and midwives like Sister Julienne, Sister Monica Joan, and Nurse Crane also enjoy the luxury of still being able to guide young trainees as they deal with medical crises among Poplar residents.
The members of the Turner family, Patrick, Shelagh, and their children Timothy, Angela, Teddy, and May, are also at the forefront of events, showing how work and home life intersect in 1969. New characters such as Joyce Highland and Rosalind Clifford inject new life into Nonnatus House in the form of trainee midwives finding their feet with the demands of the job.
Colette Corrigan, seen as Nancy Corrigan's adult daughter, introduces new family dynamics to the program, working with high-level intergenerational issues alongside the main cast.
Themes, setting, and storytelling of Call the Midwife Season 13
Call the Midwife Season 13 also continues to track healthcare, maternity care, and birth in 1969 East London. The programme represents the intensity of midwifery alongside broader social problems at the time, including community change, intergenerational conflict, and changing professional practice.
Storylines overlap and cross individual lives with clinical duties, mainly via the Turner family, student midwives, and older midwives and nuns. Vanessa Redgrave's voiceover remains an important narrative device, linking each episode to Jennifer Worth's autobiographies and sketching in missing information.
Patient histories episode by episode, character development, and social observation in tandem remain the dominant tone and genre of the series.
Broadcast and streaming details of Call the Midwife Season 13
The program has nine episodes. Christmas special was shown on 24 December 2023, and eight regular episodes were shown later, initially from 17 March 2024 to early May 2024 on BBC One.
Season 13 was regionally released in the UK on 1 September 2024 and in the US on 2 September 2024 by Netflix. Release internationally outside of this is to be confirmed. Filming and production occurred in 2023, synchronized with the program's production schedule and in reference to historical appropriateness.
Therefore, Call the Midwife Season 13 is a mix of old and new cast. Main cast like Sister Julienne, played by Jenny Agutter, Trixie, played by Helen George, and Dr Patrick Turner, played by Stephen McGann, provide continuity, while new recruits like Joyce Highland, played by Renee Bailey, Rosalind Clifford, played by Natalie Quarry, and Colette Corrigan, played by Francesca Fullilove, provide fresh ideas.
The programme, produced mostly in 1969 and comprising nine episodes and a Christmas special, still tackles family, midwifery, and community life in Poplar to historical standards. BBC One weekly broadcasting commenced in March 2024 and UK and US Netflix streaming commenced in September 2024.
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Season 13, combining character drama and period veracity, keeps the factual and social nuance that has been a hallmark of Call the Midwife since its beginning.
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