Call the Midwife Christmas Special 2012 is a British period drama special episode of the series Call the Midwife which finds the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House busier than ever at Christmas time, especially when an abandoned baby is discovered on the steps of the convent and preparations are underway for a nativity play.
The special aired in the UK on BBC One on 25 December, 2012. It is 90 minutes long.
Call the Midwife Christmas Special 2012 aired in South Africa on DStv's BBC Entertainment channel on Sunday 2 June 2013, at 21h00. See "Seasons" below for other broadcast dates.
Synopsis
Christmas is coming and in Poplar the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House are busier than ever. When an abandoned baby is discovered on the steps of the convent, the whole community rallies round to provide food and clothing and to try and trace his mother.
Nurse Jenny Lee, meanwhile, gets caught up in the heart-breaking mystery which surrounds an elderly, semi-vagrant local woman, Mrs Jenkins, played by Sheila Reid.
Jenny is perplexed that Mrs Jenkins mistakes her for somebody called Rosie and uncovers a tragic set of events in the old lady's life before closure is achieved.
For newly married Chummy, other challenges await, as she pulls out all the stops to mount a truly memorable children's nativity play.
She seeks the help of intelligent school leaver Lynette Duncan, unaware that the girl is heavily pregnant, ultimately giving birth but leaving the baby at the convent door.
Chummy unites mother and child but the play seems doomed when its costumes are destroyed when a water pipe bursts. Fortunately the locals rally round to ensure that the show goes ahead.
Christmas celebrates one particular birth, and so it's especially fitting to pay a visit to these much loved characters, whose daily lives revolve around the joys and tribulations of childbirth.
Seasons
Series exclusive to BBC Entertainment
Season 1 (6 episodes)
Premiere: 17 February 2013 | Finale: 24 March 2013 | Sundays, 21h00
Christmas Special 2012
Aired: 2 June 2013 | Sunday, 21h00
Season 2 (8 episodes)
Premiere: 9 June 2013 | Finale: 28 July 2013 | Sundays, 21h00
Christmas Special 2013
Aired: 30 March 2014 | Sunday, 21h00
Season 3 (8 episodes)
Premiere: 6 April 2014 | Finale: 25 May 2014 | Sundays, 21h00