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It is now the BBC’s biggest drama in more than a decade, a heartfelt depiction of birth, death and pretty much everything in-between, with a cast seemingly inseparable from their prim blue uniforms. It’s about the wonder of life and love in all its forms: maternal, romantic, family, community and, for the sisters in Nonnatus House, of God They will be joined by Charlotte Ritchie as rookie midwife Barbara Gilbert to bolster the ensemble cast that also includes Miranda Hart, Jenny Agutter and Pam Ferris.Īnd, they tell Event when we bring them together for this glamorous photo shoot, although they’re sad to lose Raine, Call The Midwife remains in rude health.Ĭall The Midwife is about more than birth and babies. Which means the show’s other stalwarts, notably Helen George (midwife Trixie Franklin) and Laura Main (nun turned wife and mother Shelagh Turner) must take centre stage.

The exit of Raine, a totemic presence in the show, did nothing to hinder Call The Midwife’s Christmas special, which was watched by 9.4 million viewers, drubbing Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who, Downton Abbey and even the Queen’s message to the nation.īut now eight episodes lie ahead in which Nurse Lee’s wit and warmth will be as absent as the trademark pin curls spilling from beneath her burgundy pillbox hat.

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She left in the season finale of series three last March, her character written out so she could follow her heart to both a job in the Marie Curie hospice movement and a romance with Phillip Worth, who would later become her husband. Most of the crises in Call The Midwife can be fixed with a cry for hot water and towels and a firm instruction to push.īut when one star has quit and another sounds like she might follow, you have to ask how the new series of the show, starting tonight, can continue to deliver.įor this will be the first without Jessica Raine, the actress who played Jenny Lee, the real-life Fifties midwife on whose memoirs the BBC drama is based. From left: Laura Main (nun turned wife and mother Shelagh Turner) and Helen George (midwife Trixie Franklin) will be joined by Charlotte Ritchie as rookie midwife Barbara Gilbert in the new series of Call The Midwife

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