Call the Midwife cast talk this year's Christmas special

The BBC has released interviews with the Call the Midwife cast regarding the Christmas specials

The BBC is ramping up its Christmas press releases, and it’s clear the corporation expects great things from the two-part Call the Midwife Christmas special(s). Now the cast feature in a set of interviews about the festivities coming up in Poplar.

**What do we learn from the Call the Midwife cast interviews**

First a quick reminder — this year we have two episodes with action split between Hong Kong and Poplar.

Jenny Agutter (Sister Julienne) has particular reasons to enjoy filming in Hong Kong:

“It was wonderful. I have a special connection with it because the from the age of three to six or seven, I was in Singapore and we visited Hong Kong, though a very, very different Hong Kong. It’s extraordinary – great tall buildings, lots of lights, really built up, nothing from what I remembered at all as a child. I sort of enjoyed it then, but it was just something one looked at. Going there to work gives you a completely different view.”

As for Annabelle Apsion who plays Violet Buckle:

It was very exciting. I was last there about 35 years ago, when I was filming Soldier, Soldier. Everybody was fantastic to us and so friendly. We all loved exploring as much as we could, and it was a wonderful experience. We went to lovely beaches by boat. I’d never been to that part of Hong Kong before. But it was very hot and humid, so we had lots of fans on us all the time.

There’s a lot more about filming in Hong Kong, but there’s also plenty happening in Poplar.

*Sister Catherine (Molly Vevers), Sister Monica Joan (Judy Parfitt)*

Of course we get snow. It’s Christmas, after all. There’s a story line about Irish travellers as well as a big parade. As for Trixie (played by Helen George), we learn:

“It’s a really fun Christmas special because the nurses and midwives are left at home alone without the grownups. And it all goes a bit wrong. Trixie, for once, isn’t part of the party, which is so frustrating, but she has to come home and clean it all up after a hard night’s work. The rotters!”

Trixie also takes part in the parade. There’s a lot more in the interviews, so if you’re a fan do take a look.