Call the Midwife stars Rebecca Gethings and Renee Bailey have shared an update on the future of the BBC drama.Jennie Buzaglo Showbiz & TV Reporter and Tianna Corbin TV Reporter10:09, 05 Jul 2026Updated 10:20, 05 Jul 2026Season 15 aired in early 2026, though a season 16 has yet to receive official confirmation.‌Call the Midwife stars Rebecca Gethings and Renee Bailey have offered an update on what lies ahead for the beloved BBC programme. Rebecca, who has portrayed Sister Veronica since 2023, disclosed that the cast are still in the dark about whether Call the Midwife has secured another series.‌"We don't know! I hope at some point but they're busy doing the prequel right now," Rebecca told the Daily Express.‌The actress also discussed the upcoming prequel alongside her co-star, Renee Bailey, who first appeared as midwife Joyce Highland in the Christmas special back in December 2023.Rebecca went on: "As a viewer I will be tuning in. I'm really excited. We've seen the casting, I thoroughly approve. Everyone looks brilliant."‌Renee added: "It's exciting to see a whole new generation of midwife world. The world is expanding and it's very cool."While there's been no further word on whether Call the Midwife will return, Rebecca reassured fans that the prequel will retain the same spirit that's made the BBC drama such a roaring succeess, reports the Express.She said: "I think it will have the same heart that the show has. It will have historic accuracy.‌"Call the Midwife is a social historical document as well as a drama so it will be very well researched. We'll be seeing a different era where the nurses and midwives are in the front and centre of the community because we're phasing that out as it's becoming more medicalised in the 70s."Renee chimed in: "I imagine it's going to be really in the spirit of Call the Midwife, everyone getting stuck in. I think it's going to be exciting, especially with the backdrop of the war."‌Viewers can look forward to plenty of nail-biting moments as Rebecca declared: "The stakes will be very high."Production on Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms got underway in June, with showrunner Heidi Thomas at the helm alongside executive producers Pippa Harris and Ann Tricklebank.‌The BBC's official synopsis states: "In September 1939, Sister Monica Joan is in her prime, Sister Julienne and Sister Evangelina are young and zealous, and Nonnatus House is the beating heart of Poplar."Together with Sister Alice, and local GP Dr Kit, the nuns dedicate their lives to mothers, babies and the poor. But there is no gas and air, no penicillin, no cure for TB, and no welfare state. Then war is declared - and life gets even harder."The three young secular midwives who complete the team - Sybil, Olive and Marianne - receive a baptism of fire as the blackout and the Blitz take hold.Article continues below"While bombs rain from the sky, women give birth underground, families are shattered, children run wild, and whole streets are reduced to rubble. But courage, compassion and resilience triumph as the community unites in its efforts to survive."Call The Midwife is available to watchon BBC iPlayer