The BBC has introduced plans to make a Name the Midwife movie and prequel TV sequence set in the course of the Second World Struggle.
It comes as filming begins for the fifteenth sequence of the BBC One drama, which follows a gaggle of nurse midwives working in London’s East Finish from the late Fifties to the beginning of the Seventies.
The movie will likely be set in an as-yet undisclosed abroad location in 1972, and can function characters from the prevailing TV present.
In the meantime, the separate prequel sequence will “delve into the deeper previous”, showrunner Heidi Thomas stated, providing a view of life in Poplar, east London, in the course of the Blitz.
The brand new, separate movie and prequel tasks will likely be written, created and produced by Thomas and government producers Dame Pippa Harris and Ann Tricklebank, who can even oversee the manufacturing of sequence 16 of the programme collectively.
The prequel sequence will function “some acquainted (if a lot youthful) faces”, Thomas stated.
She stated that whereas she has “by no means run out of tales for our midwives”, she had discovered herself “craving to delve into the deeper previous” than the years 1957 to 1971 which have been lined by the present.
“The Blitz years within the East Finish have been extraordinary – full of loss, togetherness, braveness and pleasure,” she stated.
In the meantime, the movie will see the “much-loved” common characters “take a brief break from Poplar and check themselves in an unfamiliar panorama”, Ms Thomas stated.
The placement of the movie stays “prime secret”, she added – however stated it might look “completely incredible” on the massive display screen.
The primary sequence of the present was initially impressed by the memoirs of Jennifer Price, who labored as a midwife and nurse locally in Poplar.
Dame Pippa stated the prequel sequence and movie challenge have been being made partly for a “new, youthful technology who’ve additionally fallen in love with our characters and the challenges they face.”
The fifteenth sequence will start with a two-part Christmas particular which can see characters travelling to Hong Kong on a mercy mission.
