Call the Midwife Season 14: Release date and where to watch in Australia

Call the Midwife finally returns for its latest fourteenth season, but first Call the Midwife Christmas Special 2024 also premieres in Australia in the first week of January 2025.

Created by Heidi Thomas based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife is a period drama that revolves around a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House, a nursing convent in East End London. Offering a lighthearted and charming take on midwifery and family between the 1950s and 1960s, it’s one of BBC’s most successful dramas and continues to be a huge hit among global fans.

Find out when and where you can watch the new episodes of the charming UK drama right here.

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Call the Midwife Season 14 Australia release date

The latest season of the smash hit period drama has been confirmed to premiere on Thursday, 16 January 2025, but where to watch Call the Midwife Season 14 in Australia?

Following the departure of the BBC First channel from Foxtel, Foxtel Now, and BINGE, every season of Call the Midwife is available to stream online exclusively on BritBox, including the new fourteenth season.

As for Call the Midwife‘s Christmas Special 2024, fans can stream the special episode earlier on Thursday, 9 January 2025, also exclusive to BritBox.

Call the Midwife	Release Dates	Streaming Service
Christmas Special 2024	Thursday, 9 Jan 2025	BritBox
Season 14	Thursday, 16 Jan 2025	BritBox

Call the Midwife Christmas Special 2024 trailer

Check out the trailer for the show’s new two-hour Christmas episode right here:

What is Call the Midwife about?

Putting every expectant mother and expectant father at ease are the midwives at Nonnatus House in East London. In Australia, the new season kicks off with a holiday special on 9 January with the rest of the season to follow shortly afterward. 

Fan favourite Helen George’s return as Trixie in Call the Midwife Season 12 was one of the previous season’s major highlights, especially since she was able to continue her romance with Matthew Aylward. The couple eventually married in the show’s season 12 finale, but their spectacular wedding was not without challenges. With the help of their loved ones, the ceremony took place as planned. 

In Call the Midwife Season 13, it’s 1969 and Poplar is embracing home births under the guidance of the Sisters. Last year’s season also tackled poor housing challenges and health issues that the nuns, nurses, and midwives of Nonnatus House need to help overcome. Season 13 also introduced newcomers Joyce Highland (Renee Bailey) and Rosalind Clifford (Natalie Quarry). 

As for upcoming Call the Midwife Season 14, it’ll answer all our lingering questions that Season 13’s cliffhanger finale had left us, particularly whether or not Trixie and Matthew’s fragile marriage will survive. The new season also marks the show heading to the 1970s, where the show, as per usual, will cover a wider variety of difficult subjects at the time. 

The period drama features new and familiar faces. Amongst those who have been on the show from the get-go are Jenny Agutter as Sister Julienne, Judy Parfitt as Sister Monica Joan, Helen George as Nurse Trixie Franklin, Laura Main as Shelagh Turner, Stephen McGann as Dr. Turner, Cliff Parisi as Fred Buckle, Max Macmillan as Timothy Turner, Linda Bassett as Nurse Crane, and Daniel Laurie as Reggie Jackson. 

It’s based on the memoirs of Jenny Worth, played by Jessica Raine as Jenny Lee, the original lead character on the show. Raine, however, left the series after the third season. Vanessa Redgrave provides narration with voiceovers in the role of “Mature Jenny”. Meanwhile, Georgie Glen’s Miss Higgins was introduced in Season 10 and Rebecca Gethings’ Sister Veronica in Season 12. 

There’s no shortage of engaging drama, charming dialogues, and endearing characters in this beloved series, which has also been confirmed to continue airing until 2026. 

Call the Midwife seasons guide

How many Call the Midwife seasons are there? There are 14 produced as of this writing with Season 15 already confirmed. Every season of the popular drama is available on streaming TV via BritBox. Other streaming alternatives include Stan (Seasons 1-12).

Wondering if Call the Midwife is streaming on BINGE and Foxtel? Unfortunately, they no longer offer episodes of the show since BBC First’s departure from Foxtel’s channel line-up following BBC Studios full ownership of BritBox.

For free streaming of Call the Midwife, Australia’s ABC network (and catch-up streaming ABC iView) sometimes broadcast episodes from prior seasons with ads.

Similar shows to Call the Midwife

From examining the plights of expecting mothers to helping four children often left to their own devices, and dealing with a quarantined children’s choir, there’s more than enough compelling drama to be had in this popular BBC series. 

If you’re looking for TV shows similar to this one, period dramas like All Creatures Great and Small, Poldark, and Jane Eyre are just some of the titles you can find on BritBox’s library.

Sanditon, Downton Abbey, Anne with an E, Outlander, as well as medical shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Nurse Jackie, Royal Pains, and Max’s new medical drama The Pitt.