Call The Midwife star Jenny Agutter has said it "won't be quite a normal occasion" when the much-loved show returns with a Christmas special - all thanks to restrictions around Covid-19.
The actress, who plays Sister Julienne in the long-running BBC drama, told ITV's Lorraine: "It won't be quite a normal occasion because we have got all the social distancing and all of the different restrictions in filming.
"We won't be able to hug each other as we normally do and we're very close with the people so it will be strange.
"But what we will produce is the special for Christmas and it's a wonderful story. I can't tell you too much about it, but a baby is born."
She also confirmed that the midwives and nuns of Nonnatus House will be back for another season, saying: "Yes we will be going on to series 10. I don't know what the scripts are yet, they tend to keep them back until the last minute.
"I just get very stuck on stories and ideas and they don't want changes so we get them very last minute."
Agutter also spoke about her battle with shingles during lockdown, saying: "It did have quite an effect, it came into my eye which was annoying, but it made me stressed.
"I think that lockdown has affected different people in different ways and I feel very lucky because I've been out in the country and all of that has been very, very easy - the garden around me looking out to sea, very, very lucky - but by the same token there is always that sense of nervousness about what is going to happen next.
"I think everybody has felt that, how long is this going to go on? How long can we stay in?
"And now it's beginning to normalise, in a way, and we are getting back to work, which is fantastic, but it won't be quite normal."
