Are you looking forward to the new episode? Call the Midwife has delighted fans with a new behind the scenes snap from the upcoming Christmas Special episode. 






Taking to the shows official Instagram page the period drama shared a joyous snap of Helen George Leonie Elliott and Megan Cusack in character as Trixie  Lucille and Nancy throwing snowballs. The caption read Hello all Today we are delighted to give you this first behind photo peek at the new Call the Midwife Christmas Special.  And for their first Christmas photo session our cast  Leonie Elliott Lucille Helen George Trixie and Megan Cusack Nancy  subjected our poor photographer to a fine British tradition  the snowball fight. 





The show went on to reveal that the upcoming festive episode is looking  fantastic  thanks to the teams  hard work.We just can not wait to show you more the dramas account added.  So stay tuned to this page as we start to get ready for our brand new special and Series 12  Fans were delighted with the update and took to the comments section to express their excitement. One person wrote Oh can not wait so looking forward to this episode while another added Yay Can not wait. A third commented h I am so looking forward to this. So what can fans expect from the Christmas special? The shows creator Heidi Thomas recently revealed that fans can expect the beloved BBC drama to revisit a storyline from season four concerning the thalidomide tragedy. 


Back in season four, Rhonda Mullucks was prescribed thalidomide by Dr Turner to help with her morning sickness and her daughter was born with birth defects in season six as a result. In an interview with  earlier this summer Heidi said that the Mullucks family will return to Poplar with Rhonda set to have another baby. The 60 year old creator explained that the new pregnancy  puts them under a certain amount of pressure and gives them a lot to worry about.