Call the Midwife Christmas Special: What the Must Watch reviewers think
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Must Watch reviewers Scott Bryan, TV Editor at Buzzfeed, and Hayley Campbell, journalist and critic, share their thoughts on Watership Down.
The Call the Midwife 2018 Christmas special will air on Tuesday 25th December at 7.45pm on BBC One.
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Scott says: "If I was watching on Christmas Day, I'm not sure I would be conscious by the end of it"
"This is the BBC's biggest thing for Christmas - last year it got more than nine million people watching it. It's kind of taken on a life of its own. I'm thinking that, with its popularity, it's going to continue on forever.
"It won't be stuck in the 60s forever - it's going to get later and later into history.
"It manages to weave in so many different topics and you learn about British history as you go along.
"Miriam Margolyes is in this and she's brilliant - why she hasn't been in this more, and earlier, is beyond me.
"My frustration with it is that it's 90-minutes long on Christmas Day. If I was watching on Christmas Day, I'm not sure I would be conscious by the end of it.
"Some of the plot is very predictable. It's not for me - I'm happy it's there, but wish it could be a little bit shorter."
Watch the official trailer for Call the Midwife: Christmas Special 2018
Hayley says: "This is not a #MustWatch for me, but that's because I have no soul"
"Call the Midwife is not a show for me. I'm not sure if it's smarter than it looked when it started, but it feels like it's changed into something more akin to Heartbeat - a Sunday night drama for mums.
"It felt like every couple of minutes there was somebody singing a Christmas Carol - the milkman was singing something. The Christmas was really wedged in. I'm not a very Christmassy person, so I felt like it was a bit much.
"There are some shows you watch and think: 'I know the fault is not with the show, it's with me' - and that's the case here for me.
"This is not a #MustWatch for me, but that's because I have no soul."
