Overview
- Channel 4 confirmed the revival Wednesday with a 12-episode order that will air on E4.
- Filming is planned for later in 2026 using fixed‑rig cameras that record labour and delivery inside hospital rooms.
- Dragonfly TV will produce the series, which aims to show evolving family dynamics, advances in maternity care, and the real pressures on NHS staff this year.
- The original BAFTA-winning series ran from 2010 to 2018 and was axed after audiences fell from roughly five million at launch to about 600,000.
- Coverage links the return to a recent national maternity and neonatal investigation led by Baroness Valerie Amos that reported capacity gaps, racism, poor facilities, and weak accountability in UK maternity services.