The following is a list of characters from Call the Midwife, a British television period-drama series shown on BBC One since 2012. Before becoming the handyman at Nonnatus, he was in the British Army, during which time his wife was killed, leaving his daughters to be shuffled around between several of his family members, causing him great pain and tempting him to desert. / In 1961, Sister Evangelina temporarily left Nonnatus House for an enclosed order. She was an Army nurse, but resigned her commission when she grew weary of the routine nature of such nursing. She is the most educated of the nuns and tutors the other nurses whilst providing administrative assistance to Sister Julienne, sometimes covering as her deputy. "Helen George and Olly Rix made a spectacular bride and groom as they filmed scenes for Trixie and Matthew's wedding in London for series 12 of the BBC show.". Catchphrase's Stephen Mulhern admits hiding from Roy Walker! Pupil Midwife Georgette Baines (4 episodes, 2017), Docker in pub Middle class, loquacious and good-humoured, Sister Hilda is a great facilitator in the social setting with her gregarious nature, readily putting people at ease. In her St John capacity, she works with Patsy's and Fred's scouts, principally teaching them first aid. Will children be next on the agenda for the newlyweds? Believing she has accepted a job with a small private hospital, she is somewhat surprised to find that she has moved into a convent. She wore her platinum locks in a low sleek bun, but opted for nude lipstick rather than a traditional red gloss which viewers are used to. Call The Midwife will return with another hit season of the critically-acclaimed show on BBC One tonight (Sunday, January 5) at 8pm. / When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Sister Evangelina knows a lot about the poverty and hardships in Poplar and often shares her insights with the young midwives. After a struggle with infertility, they adopt a baby girl called Angela. Delia is upset that she cannot go with her as support, as she is training to be a midwife. Matthew eventually turns out to be the owner of many properties in Poplar and offers to become a beneficiary to Nonnatus House in memory of his late wife, allowing their services to continue. / Matthews opinion of Poplar is markedly different from his fathers, and while Matthew wants to invest more money in the borough, Sir Brigham wants to sell up. This is to enable Barbara's father to marry them before he takes up a three-year missionary posting in New Guinea. (1 episode, 2014), Woman Police Constable The latest outing will see the midwives and medics head into a. We know there will be a wedding between Matthew and Trixie after sneaky behind-the-scenes snaps saw the cast and crew filming a wedding, with Helen George(Trixie) and Olly Rix(Matthew) spotted leaving a church in a bridal dress and suit and with happy onlookers cheering behind them. While she was educated and middle class, she was surprisingly in tune with the needs of the community she serves, having grown up the daughter of a Canon serving in an impoverished area of Liverpool. Will she lose her job following her baby news? Fred and Violet are worried about Reggie in the next episode. (Image credit: Neal Street Productions / BBC ). (2 episodes, 2019), Mrs. Avis After her death, he travels to New Guinea to work as a missionary with his father in law. Premiere date: March 29, 2020. Call the Midwife bosses certainly know how to throw a wedding for their beloved characters, with Cyril Robinson (Zephryn Taitte) and Lucille Anderson (Leonie Elliott) tying the knot last. Sister Julienne expresses that it is now their privilege to care for her. [3] However, she gives birth to a son (Edward 'Teddy' Patrick Turner) with the help of Sister Julienne in the series finale. Carole Reece first appeared at the surgery with her baby boy Dean and foster mother Norma who she lived with and would until her looming sixteenth birthday in which they would be given a new flat. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). With Vanessa Redgrave, Cliff Parisi, Olly Rix, Megan Cusack. / Passerby She reverts to her birth name, Cynthia. Later in Series 5, Patsy and Delia go to the Gateways Club, a private club for lesbians. 13 Feb 2022. As the community rallies together, the team must overcome personal anguish to help the injured. He also donned a white silk tie that complemented his wife's stunning sleeved dress which has pearl buttons attached to the cuffs. (uncredited) Wake-up call for Hannity, who has been privately disgusted by Trump for weeks, but was scared to lose viewers." "I have lovely memories of Sister Julienne," Worth's daughter Suzannah . In the US, Call the Midwife season 12 will premiere on Sunday, March 19, 2023, on PBS with new episodes being released each following Sunday at 8/7c until June 6. Policeman / Leonie Elliott's Nurse Lucille Robinson and her onscreen husband Cyril Robinson (Zephryn Taitte) were also back. Elsewhere Nancy and Trixie teamed up to support a terminally ill patient, and Fred was saddened to receive an official letter confirming the disbandment of the Civil Defence Corps but he soon came up with a brilliant way to fill his spare time! (1 episode, 2021), Market Seller The 17 British TV Series on Netflix With the Highest Rotten Tomatoes Scores By Joe Reid Oct 16 . Patsy and Delia appear to be keen for her to return to the mother house. There was a heart-warming moment where the entire gang at Nonnatus House had a group photo, with even Nurse Crane returning from her extended holidays to get everyone in order and pull them through the train crisis. Many of the show's nuns are in the background of the wedding photographs as confetti is covering Trixie and Matthew as they share a kiss outside the church. Pupil Midwife Georgette Bains / . The phenomenal actor - who is in hid mid-twenties - has cemented himself as. (2 episodes, 2018-2019), Factory Worker (uncredited) Meanwhile, a car crash leaves Dr Turner facing the biggest test of his career when he left to save a precious life, Nancy considers her and Colette's future and Sister Julienne hatches a plan to save Nonnatus House once and for all. (2 episodes, 2014-2015), Docker Priest Worried, Nancy calls on Dr Turner who refers Spencer for an urgent psychiatric review, but as Spencers condition deteriorates more rapidly, things take a very unexpected and shocking turn leaving Matthew and Cyril in grave danger. She is crippled by a severe lack of confidence, but grows more confident with Sister Julienne's gentle nurturing.[5]. All rights reserved. Sgt. Every season, the GBH Drama staff sit down to watch the latest and greatest in British dramas. She turns him down and they remain friends. Call to remember ordeal of PoWs on VJ Day anniversary, Cliff Parisi signs up for new project away from BBC series. Sister Winifred is the same age as Jenny, Trixie and Cynthia. In Series 2, she reconciles with her nephew and his family, fears that she is useless, spends a lot of money on taxis to see her nephew, much to the chagrin of Sister Julienne, recovers from angina, escapes a holiday with Sister Evangelina to Chichester, judges a baby show, and pays for a child's funeral. Sister Bernadette eventually breaks down and turns to Sister Julienne for help, confessing that what she really wants is a family and children of her own. She was also quite close to her roommate, Nurse Phyllis Crane, who served as something of a surrogate mother figure to her much younger colleague. (3 episodes, 2021), Pupil Midwife Janice Cowan Nurse Anderson arrives at Nonnatus House in Series 7 as their first black nurse. Councillor But Trixie is now back at Nonnatus House and planning her wedding to Matthew, hurrah! Trixie actress Helen previously toldExpress.co.uk: "It's such a deeply emotional situation and there are so many obstacles to overcome, so it's a bit of a friendship really and a support mechanism before it becomes anything romantic.". She eventually decides to pursue a career change to care for those with terminal illnesses; she leaves Nonnatus House to work at the Marie Curie Hospital in Hampstead. In Series 5 Episode 6 Sister Mary Cynthia is violently attacked at the docks by a man. She wishes to do what the other young midwives of her age are doing: going out to the cinema, dancing, and experiencing life as young women. Also, Reggie is home from the Glasshouse Village, but he is not his usual self. She does not return for Series 3, with a deleted scene from the 2013 Christmas special explaining that she has gone to nursing school. A break from the usual birth after birth and throwing in a mass casualty event to bring Poplar together. He is friends with all of the midwives and often gives them help and advice, and is constantly trying to earn money with a variety of schemes that tend not to work. Her pre-order name was Louise. This makes her turn even more to alcohol for comfort, but after struggling with alcoholism, with Cynthia's help, she joins a support group. In the US, Call the Midwife season 12 will premiere on Sunday, March 19, 2023, on PBS with new episodes being released each following Sunday at 8/7c until June 6. Dr. Turner She also seems not to accept her decision to become a midwife and doesn't really like Patsy. Derek Harding / (uncredited) (uncredited) (uncredited) (uncredited) (uncredited) When Shelagh is unwell and goes on maternity leave, it is expected she will take over as acting sister-in-charge of the surgery. (uncredited) Auntie Florrie Lesley Whyte / / One scene shows Sister Bernadette looking in on the midwives' room while they are drinking and gossiping, but then the door closes; it is a life that cannot be open to her while she remains a nun. Fans of Call the Midwife have been left devastated after tonight's (February 13) episode saw a train crash rock Poplar and put its residents at risk . (22 episodes, 2012-2015), Nurse Delia Busby Shelagh also feels guilty after thalidomide is prescribed for women in Poplar who are suffering from morning sickness. Thank you for signing up to Whattowatch. Pupil Midwife Janice Cowan 3 episodes, 2021 Juliet Oldfield . Season 2. (102 episodes, 2012-2023), Fred Buckle Camilla "Chummy" Noakes (ne Fortescue-Cholmondeley-Browne). 4. (2 episodes, 2013-2014), Cub Scout Trixie donned a classic 1960s white tailored wedding dress with a matching pillbox hat for her big day. She is not particularly accomplished at her studies, has a tendency not to filter her thoughts, resulting in a blunt bedside manner but has a big heart. (1 episode, 2015), St. Cuthbert's Receptionist (3 episodes, 2019-2020), Police Constable Stallholder Nurse Trixie and Nurse Nancy are just two of our favourites from Call the Midwife. (uncredited) He originally lived with his mother Ivy. Nurse Barbara Hereward Fred is the handyman at Nonnatus House, having acted as such since the end of World War II. She is revealed to be in a romantic relationship with Patsy, but together they conceal their feelings due to society's view of homosexuality at the time. At the end of Series 4, just as the two of them have found a flat to share, she is involved in a cycling accident which leaves her with amnesia, leaving Patsy heartbroken. / Castigating his co-worker in anger, Alec falls through an old staircase in the building they are renovating. She has a very brisk manner but later reveals that at the age of nine that she and her mother and sister were sent to a Japanese war camp, and that she was the only one to survive of the three of them. (uncredited) (uncredited) / It is there that the Call the Midwife nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House bustle through the streets on their bicycles, making house calls to expecting mothers and delivering babies under even the most dire of circumstances.. Over the last ten years, many a nun and midwife have come and . (uncredited) Trixie's wedding day is finally here, but will it all go to plan? She said the most rewarding part of being a midwife in a . It quickly became clear she was no shrinking violet and quickly started to ruffle a few feathers. (10 episodes, 2017-2018), Aunt Flo In the final episode of Series 2 Chummy goes into labour and, despite complications, she gives birth to a son, Fred. 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