<P> In December 2015 , BBC director general Tony Hall announced that the series had already been commissioned for a 2016 Christmas special and a sixth series , set to consist of eight episodes . The Christmas special was set in a missionary hospital in South Africa , and subsequent episodes would see the characters adapting after their return to Poplar as they move into 1962 . In November 2016 , the BBC announced it has commissioned three further series and Christmas specials , through to a ninth series in 2020 , moving the plot into the mid-sixties . As of 11 March 2018 , 60 episodes of Call the Midwife have aired , concluding the seventh series . </P>
<P> In December 2015 , BBC director general Tony Hall announced that the series had already been commissioned for a 2016 Christmas special and a sixth series , set to consist of eight episodes . The Christmas special was set in a missionary hospital in South Africa , and subsequent episodes would see the characters adapting after their return to Poplar as they move into 1962 . In November 2016 , the BBC announced it has commissioned three further series and Christmas specials , through to a ninth series in 2020 , moving the plot into the mid-sixties . As of 11 March 2018 , 60 episodes of Call the Midwife have aired , concluding the seventh series . </P>
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