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<\/p>\nRIP Sister Monica Joan – as one viewer insisted: “I\u2019m in denial and I\u2019m okay with that. She\u2019s not dead she\u2019s just eating a cake somewhere.”<\/p>\n
20:53, 08 Mar 2026Updated 01:22, 09 Mar 2026<\/p>\n
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It was goodbye to Sister Monica Joan on Call The Midwife tonight(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC \/ Neal Street \/ Olly Courtney)<\/p>\n
Call The Midwife<\/a> fans have been left in floods of tears after tonight’s episode – calling the death of Sister Monica Joan “the end of an era”. Fans were shocked when Pam Ferris’ character Sister Evangelina – who bowed out of the show back in series five – turned up to help bring her into the next life.<\/p>\n One viewers summed up the thoughts of many watching on BBC One tonight, writing: “Sister Evangelina coming to help Sister Monica Joan die, I am SICK from crying.” The drama will now take a break from screens for a period of around two years for the making of a prequel series which is set during the war and for a movie, based in Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Judy Parfitt’s final scenes in Call The Midwife aired on Sunday(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC \/ Neal Street \/ Olly Courtney)<\/p>\n One fan wrote: \u201cIm bawling, im actually bawling so hard.\u201d Another agreed: \u201cDayyyyyummm man….. I properly can’t cope here.\u201d Many praised the BBC<\/a> drama for the emotional send off, with one posting: “Sister Monica Joan\u2019s death was beautiful. The show won\u2019t be the same without her.\u201d<\/p>\n Another fan agreed: \u201cWhat a wonderful way for sister Monica Joan to go with all other sisters of past” while one other insisted: “I\u2019m in denial and I\u2019m okay with that. She\u2019s not dead she\u2019s just eating a cake somewhere.”<\/p>\n However, Sister Evangelina, Sister Monica Joan and Sister Julienne are set to return to screens – albeit with a new cast, which has not yet been announced. A three-part prequel of Call the Midwife, featuring younger versions of is expected to launch on Christmas<\/a> Day.<\/p>\n The prequel will be set in Second World War London with series creator Heidi Thomas telling the Radio Times<\/a> : “[She] actually isn’t that young when we did the maths, but she’s very much in her prime.”<\/p>\n She added: “It’s a world<\/a> where women are not in charge when war breaks out, but very rapidly, they are in charge of everything because the men are called away, either to Home Front-based war work or they go overseas. So you’ll see a lot of women coming into their own… it’s a programme that is going to be about strong women above all else.”<\/p>\n There will also be a movie version set in 1972 and featuring the regular cast and almost certainly set in Australia<\/a>. However, it’s not yet known when it will be released.<\/p>\n![\"Judy](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_551545TITLECall-The-Midwife-s15.jpg\")
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