The Call The Midwife finale has left BBC viewers in tears over a heartbreaking death on Sunday night.

The hit drama has concluded series 15 and won’t be back on screens for a few years while creator Heidi Thomas works on a movie version AND a prequel series.

But making sure to go out with a bang, fans were treated to an emotional episode as Sister Monica Joan died.

Despite there being happy moments with Cyril and Rosalind’s wedding and Joyce Highland getting a new job, fans were devastated as Sister Monica Joan took a turn for the worse after being diagnosed with chronic kidney disease earlier in the series.

Sister Monica Joan is played by 90-year-old Judy Parfitt and has been a key part of the show since it began in 2012.

Before she passed away, she was visited by her nearest and dearest, but Call The Midwife fans were left shocked when Sister Evangelina appeared by Sister Monica Joan’s bedside.

Pam Ferris played the popular nun from series one to five before she passed away in her sleep at Nonnatus House, having suffered a stroke a few months previously.

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The Call The Midwife finale has left BBC viewers in tears over a heartbreaking death on Sunday

Making sure to go out with a bang, fans were treated to an emotional episode as Sister Monica Joan died after being diagnosed with chronic kidney disease earlier in the series

Seeing the spirit of her late friend by her bed, Sister Monica Joan said: ‘I might have known you would put in an appearance, Sister Evangelina.’

She replied: ‘Some of us know when a job needs finishing. You meanwhile have shilly-shallied long enough. Even the Almighty’s patience has worn thin.’

Sister Monica Joan asked: ‘What’s it like? Where I will go?’

Smiling, Sister Evangelina replied: ‘It’s everything we were promised…and all that you have worked for.’

Sister Monica Joan became emotional and Sister Evangelina reached out her hand and said: ‘Come on you.’

With a smile, Sister Monica Joan’s spirit then left her body and she joined hands with her friend, before they turned and left the room together with the spirits of other nuns following behind.

But her death left everyone at Nonnatus House and Poplar residents devastated, especially as the convent and midwife base would no longer operate in the same way going forward.

In a meeting with the nuns, midwives and Doctor Turner, Sister Julienne said: ‘We are all facing loss, and we are all facing change.

‘The death of our sister, and the alteration of our practice are not linked, but the sadness feels the same because it is time itself that has brought both these things about.’

She then revealed that the nuns had decided to make Nonnatus House a ‘place of prayer, and charity whilst we discern our next steps’.

The grand finale concluded with the characters reflecting on pictures from over the years before Doctor Turner’s children hung a handmade sign on the door of the convent which read: ‘Temporarily Closed.’

Before she passed away, she was visited by her nearest and dearest, but Call The Midwife fans were left shocked when Sister Evangelina appeared by Sister Monica Joan’s bedside

The hit drama has concluded series 15 and won’t be back on screens for a few years while creator Heidi Thomas works on a movie version AND a prequel series

 
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BBC fans have been left devastated by Sister Monica Joan’s death and took to X after the show to say they were left in tears.

They wrote: ‘The call the midwife finale.. I cried; Call The Midwife had the most perfect ending;

‘Congrats to call the midwife for making me cry once again, very rarely do I cry multiple times in one episode of a tv show;

‘Goodness – call the midwife has finished me off tonight; Such a perfect ending to Call The Midwife I can’t remember the last time I have cried like that to a TV show;

‘Call the midwife has got me breaking my heart’.

It comes after last month, viewers were left furious after a schedule shake-up saw an episode of the show cancelled.

The Daily Mail revealed that the next chapter would be delayed, as Call The Midwife was moved from its regular slot to make way for the BAFTA Film Awards 2026.

Posting on the Call The Midwife Instagram account, it was confirmed that the show would instead air in another week’s time, leaving viewers waiting TWO weeks in between episodes.

The post revealed: ‘ANNOUNCEMENT! As in previous years, we’ll be taking a short break next Sunday whilst the BAFTA Film Awards are shown live on BBC1.

‘But we will be back with you in TWO WEEKS TIME for episode 7!! Call the Midwife Series 15 continues Sunday 1st March at 8pm on BBC1.’

Taking to the comments section, fans raged against the decision, with one writing: ‘I don’t think I can cope with the wait.’

Another chimed in: ‘Ahh that’s not fair,’ as someone else penned: ‘Nooooooo don’t want the BAFTAS I want CTM on instead!’

‘I thought we’d escape the BAFTAs interruption this year!’ a fourth penned, as another fan suggested: ‘Should put the Baftas on BBC2!’