Overview
- The specials will air at 8:15pm on Christmas Day and 8:30pm on Boxing Day on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
- Set in 1971, the story features Nonnatus House responding to a Hong Kong Branch House collapse that prompts a rescue effort.
- Helen George says she was initially “terrified” to meet Judy Parfitt, later describing her as a supportive mentor and confidante.
- Judy Parfitt expresses a wish to be made a Dame as she reflects on her tenure as Sister Monica Joan.
- Press reports say eight new episodes are due from January 2026, with a World War Two prequel planned for 2026 and a feature film in development set in 1972.