Back to Brookfield! Cancelled When Calls the Heart Spinoff Officially Returning — With One *Big* Twist
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Back to Brookfield! When Calls the Heart‘s spinoff, When Hope Calls, is officially returning for a second season three years after it was cancelled by Hallmark. But there’s one major change.
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When Hope Calls, based on Janette Oke’s Canadian West book series (the same inspiration for When Calls the Heart), premiered on Hallmark’s former streaming service, Hallmark Movies Now, in 2019 and aired for one season. The series followed Lillian and Grace, originally introduced in When Calls the Heart‘s holiday special, The Greatest Christmas Blessing, as two orphaned sisters who were separated when Lillian was seven and Grace was five. The series picks up as Lillian and Grace reunite as adults and open an orphanage together in the small northwest Canadian town of Brookfield in 1916.
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When Hope Calls was cancelled by Hallmark after one season. After its cancellation, GAC Family picked up the series for a two-episode holiday special, “A Country Christmas,” in 2021, before the spinoff was put on hold indefinitely. Now, three years later, When Hope Calls is coming back for an official second season—this time, on Great American Family. “We were fortunate early on to understand that Janette Oke’s faith-filled characters had such rich origins that building entertainment universes from this world would present themselves over and over,” Bill Abbott, President and CEO of Great American Media, in a press release.
When does When Hope Calls Season 2 come out?
When Hope Calls Season 2 will premiere on Great American Family in January 2025. The series will also be available on GAF’s streaming service, Great American Pure Flix.
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Who’s in the When Hope Calls Season 2 cast?
Returning cast members from the original When Hope Calls cast include Morgan Kohan, who played lead character Lillian Walsh and Grace Bennett’s estranged biological sister; Wendy Crewson, who played Tess Stewart, the mother of town veterinarian Charlie “Chuck” Stewart; Ryan James Hatanaka, who played Gabe, a local Mountie; and Hanneke Talbot, who played Maggie Parsons, a new town nurse. Gabe was also Lillian’s romantic interest, while Chuck was the object of Grace’s flirtations—to the dismay of his mother, Tess.
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New cast members include Cindy Busby, Christopher Russell, and Nick Bateman. See the full cast and who they play below.
Cindy Busby as Nora
Christopher Russell as Constable, Mountie Michael
Nick Bateman as Wyatt
Wendy Crewson as Tess Stewart
Hanneke Talbot as Maggie Parsons
Morgan Kohan as Lillian Walsh
Ryan James Hatanaka as Constable Gabriel “Gabe” Kinslow
Trevor Donovan as Constable Jim Reynolds
When Hope Calls Season 1 is available to stream on Hallmark Plus.
When Hope Calls
For more on When Calls the Heart, check out who the cast is dating and married to in the gallery below.
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