Call the Midwife favourite Stephen McGann has revealed that this year's Christmas special has been written and "should be extraordinary".
Stephen, who plays Dr Patrick Turner, dialled in for a video interview on Friday's (July 3) edition of This Morning, where he spoke to presenters Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford.
Although McGann (who's married to Call the Midwife creator Heidi Thomas) couldn't "give the official word yet" about when filming will start, he did confirm that the festive episode has been written.
"Why do I know?" he said. "Because I live with the boss who writes it... apparently, it's fantastic."
McGann added: "It's going to be in Poplar, it's not going to be overseas, and it has a very, very special theme which I can't go into, but I can tell you now it should be extraordinary."
With the coronavirus pandemic still very much at the forefront of everyone's thinking right now, the actor went on to discuss the "risk factors" of shooting Call the Midwife.
"We have not just different ages of crew, but also people like [84-year-old actress] Judy Parfitt; young children, so we have a lot of different people of many different ages [to look out for].
"We've got to make sure that we get everything absolutely right for the way we film Call the Midwife. All those [safety] processes, I've been assured, are going on already – they're already in pre-production for it."
This Morning airs on weekdays on ITV, while you can find all nine seasons of Call the Midwife on BritBox.
BBC Call the Midwife series 8
BBC Call the Midwife - Complete Collection Series 1-8 and Christmas Specials
W&N Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s - Jennifer Worth
W&N Farewell to the East End - Jennifer Worth
Weidenfeld and Nicholson Letters to the Midwife: Correspondence with Jennifer Worth
W&N Shadows of the Workhouse - Jennifer Worth
Simon & Schuster Doctor Turner's Casebook by Stephen McGann
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