A fifth series of TV favourite Call the Midwife has been commissioned.

The new instalment of the BBC1 drama, which is set in London’s East End, will feature a Christmas special in 2015 followed by a run of eight episodes in 2016. It has been announced as producers finish filming the fourth series of Call the Midwife, which is set in 1960. Series five will see the nuns and midwives adjusting to changes around them in 1961.

Originally starring Jessica Raine as nurse Jenny Lee, Call the Midwife was set in the late 1950s when it made its debut in 2012.

Created by Heidi Thomas, it was based on the bestselling memoirs of former nurse Jennifer Worth, who died shortly before the first episode was broadcast.

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