'Call the Midwife' to Feature Vanessa Redgrave on Christmas Special, Series Renewed for Season 4
"Call the Midwife" fans may have just watched one season end, but the show has been renewed for Season 4, and the famous and highly-anticipated Christmas Special will feature later this year. The series has plenty in store for the next season, including an appearance by Vanessa Redgrave, who has voiced the show as the older Jenny Lee for the first three seasons.
According to reports, Redgrave will make her first physical appearance during the Christmas Special, which is always a highlight for fans. She will continue with her duty to narrate the series in Season 4, even though her character, Jenny Lee, has left the show for good.
"We're delighted to be welcoming Vanessa Redgrave on screen, having hugely enjoyed her narration of the series to date," executive producer Pippa Harris told the BBC.
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"Call the Midwife" is actually based on the book, Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s by Jennifer Worth, who died in 2011. The BBC decided to turn the book into the extremely popular miniseries that started in the U.K. then began airing in the U.S., where it developed another intense following. Even though the entire book has already been covered, executive producers received permission from Worth to continue imagining her story in new ways to keep the show alive.
Fans were upset that Jessica Raine, who played title character Jenny Lee (Worth), decided to leave the series at the seeming height of its popularity. However, the actress explained that she wanted to try new things.
"It's been a real privilege to help bring Jenny Lee's story alive and amazingly satisfying to see how the public have embraced the series, but as in keeping with Jenny's story, it's time for me to explore pastures new," she told The Independent.
The new series will be set in the 1960s, as the East End of London goes through several new changes.
