June 11 (UPI) -- Filming has begun on the next Christmas special and seventh season of the 1960s London-set drama Call the Midwife.
The show will return with fresh episodes on the BBC in Britain and PBS in the United States. It stars Jenny Agutter, Linda Bassett, Judy Parfitt, Helen George, Laura Main, Charlotte Ritchie, Victoria Yeates, Jennifer Kirby, Stephen McGann, Jack Ashton, Cliff Parisi, Annabelle Apsion and Jack Hawkins. Leonie Elliott is joining the cast this season.