Trixie will take a pregnant pause Helen George, the actress who plays Trixie, was pregnant while filming season 7. Thanks to the magic of television and a creative wardrobe department you probably won't even be able to tell. But Helen had to take a break for a couple of episodes for the birth of her daughter Wren.
In 2021, Helen took a break from filming Call The Midwife due to her own real-life pregnancy. In the series, Trixie was seen travelling to Italy to care for her godmother. The star's pregnancy was not written into the show, so using some clever camera trickery and props, Helen was able to conceal her growing baby bump.
Trixie, played by long-time cast member Helen George, was pregnant throughout filming for the seventh series, but her growing bump was kept concealed using strategically placed clipboards and oversized capes.
Helen George had to take time off, but she's coming back with a bang. Call the Midwife's Trixie Franklin left halfway through series 11, due to actress Helen George's pregnancy. But you can rest assured that she is returning for some big storylines in series 12, which is currently filming now.
Helen George was pregnant during the filming of series 7 of Call the Midwife. Her character Nurse Trixie Franklin made an emotional exit from the show after Helen's baby bump began to show, and couldn't be hidden any longer.
Trixie left halfway through season 11 of Call the Midwife as the actress had to take a leave of absence to have her second child.
Do Trixie and Matthew get married in Call the Midwife? They do indeed! After weeks of wishing for the couple to finally make it down the aisle, they tie the knot in the closing moments of the season 12 finale.
Ferris reportedly left the show due to a hectic production schedule and a lack of time for her personal life. "Making the decision to leave Call the Midwife was a wrench," she told Radio Times.
Of course Miranda, the actress, is not actually in the family way but Chummy, her character in Call The Midwife, is. You can forgive the confusion though, as Miranda admits she started to feel a little pregnant herself after weeks of lugging around a huge strap-on cushioned belly.
Following the Call the Midwife series 12 finale, Leonie confirmed that she had indeed left the show via social media, leaving us at Digital Spy dismayed at the low-key and sudden departure of such a fan-favourite character.
While Trixie has in the past struggled hugely with alcoholism, she's in full health for series eight and Helen couldn't be happier with her character's change of circumstances.
Olly Rix opened up about filming the wedding episode with Helen George. Share this: Call The Midwife fans have eagerly awaited the season 12 finale, which will see Nurse Trixie Franklin (played by Helen George) finally marry her longtime love, Matthew Aylward (Olly Rix).
They met when filming the BBC series in South Africa in 2016; and now they now live together with their daughters, five-year-old Wren Ivy and one-year-old Lark in London.
His character went off to Papua New Guinea to grieve his wife. Talking about his exit recently Tom said “I think it was more that it was just decided that it just felt like the right time for everybody.
Actress Helen explained why this could be the reason Trixie and Matthew will not have children of their own. Speaking on the abundance of babies, she said: "I think they should get a dog. I really think we need a dog as a lead character in the show.
Call the Midwife fans are thrilled that Trixie Franklin is finally getting the happy ending that she deserves as she ties the knot with fiance Matthew Aylward in the Call the Midwife season 12 finale.
No, the child playing Susan was fitted with prosthetics to give the illusion that she had suffered the affects of thalidomide.
Chummy gives birth to her son in Episode 8 of the series. However, Chummy's labor began to go wrong soon after it began, when the other midwives discovered blood all down the back of her nightdress. They soon learned Chummy had suffered a placental abruption, and two hemorrhages.
However, Chummy finally decides to follow her heart and, defying her mother, marries Peter in the first series finale. In Series Two, Chummy decides to pursue work as a missionary in Sierra Leone and Peter goes with her. When they return to Poplar in the penultimate episode of Series Two, Chummy is pregnant.
In the Christmas special, Sister Julienne explains to the midwives that, following the death of her grandmother in the season 9 finale, Valerie had resigned and transferred to the Hope Clinic mission in South Africa, which featured in the 2016 Christmas special.
In Season Six, Patsy receives a letter from Hong Kong telling her that her father is dying, and she leaves Nonnatus to be with her father during his final days, while Delia, who is training as a midwife, stays behind in Poplar.
She dedicated her entire adult life to providing midwifery services to the poor of the East End. Now in her 90s, Sister Monica Joan has retired from practice, but lives full-time at Nonnatus House, cared for by her fellow sisters.
CALL The Midwife will end its current series this weekend on a romantic note as Nurse Barbara Gilbert marries her vicar fiancé Tom Hereward.
After having a positive start to the show when she joined in 2018, Nurse Lucille Anderson got her happily ever after in the Call the Midwife Christmas special 2021 when she married to the man of her dreams, Cyril Robinson (Zephryn Taitte).
She was diagnosed with septicaemia (blood poisoning) caused by meningitis in series 7, and despite some initial improvement in her health, died with her husband, Tom Hereward, and best friend Phyllis Crane at her side in her last moments.