After dealing with a mother who has Huntington's disease which has left her unable to care for her children, Trixie breaks off her relationship with Christopher out of concern for Alexandra, and she relapses into alcoholism.
A young couple, Derek and Audrey Fleming, who we first met in season 10, return to Poplar due to concerns about the health of their unborn baby because Derek was exposed to radiation poisoning years before, and their first child, Christopher, was born with birth defects, before dying shortly after.
Series 7. After dealing with a mother with Huntington's Disease, which has left her unable to care for her children, Trixie makes the difficult decision to end her relationship with Christopher out of concern for his young daughter, and this causes her to turn to drink once again.
Christopher Dockerill
Christopher eventually admitted he had a young daughter from a past relationship, and Trixie opened up about her previous battle with alcohol. The relationship ultimately faltered, with Christopher leaving Poplar for good.
At the beginning of Season Four, Tom proposes to Trixie and she accepts, but later breaks off the engagement upon learning Tom was going to be assigned to a new parish in Newcastle as she didn't think she'd be able to accompany him and to be the sort of wife a reverend needs.
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.
After dealing with a mother who has Huntington's disease which has left her unable to care for her children, Trixie breaks off her relationship with Christopher out of concern for Alexandra, and she relapses into alcoholism.
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).
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.
However, after a relatively bumpy time in the latest season, Trixie and Matthew did actually get married in episode 8. It's been weeks of build up and a delayed finale but the time finally arrived to see Call the Midwife's Trixie (Helen George) and Matthew (Olly Rix) tie the knot..
Helen's character Trixie has become a cornerstone of Call the Midwife and viewers were delighted to finally see her marry Matthew and find happiness.
Helen George was pregnant while filming Call the Midwife series seven – but you wouldn't know it. The actress, who plays Nurse Trixie Franklin, gave birth to her daughter Wren in September 2017. But Nonnatus House's most glamorous midwife never revealed any kind of baby bump.
Previously, Trixie had briefly left Call the Midwife in season 11 when her godmother was ill and Italy and she went to care for her. However, her departure was never permanent and came about as Helen George went on maternity leave.
Due to the efforts of Sister Julienne and Dr. Patrick Turner, Sister Mary Cynthia is released after receiving electro-convulsive therapy (ECT).
The couple eventually decide to find a flat together and Patsy moves out of Nonnatus House. Tragically, just after they moved, Delia was involved in a traffic accident in the Series Four finale, leaving her with amnesia and no memory of Patsy.
The actor is the son of EastEnders star Leslie Grantham.
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.
The reason for the TV star leaving the show was due to conflicting schedules, and the actress admitted that she was unable to return to Call the Midwife due to other work commitments.
The 42-year-old actor said he is bowing out from the series in search of edgier roles. PC Peter Noakes has been a series regular since Call the Midwife's first series. He is married to Miranda Hart's character Camilla 'Chummy' Fortescue-Cholmeley-Browne, who left the series previously.
Helen George, who plays Nonnatus House midwife Trixie and Jack Ashton who plays kindly Reverend Tom are together in real life. The pair grew close during filming in South Africa for the 2016 Call The Midwife Christmas special and in September 2017 welcomed a daughter, Wren Ivy.
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).
Trixie is a self-confessed alcoholic who now enjoys sobriety and has been single since the break-down of her relationship with Christopher Dockerill. She shows a real flare for understanding the medical aspects of her day-to-day midwifery and nursing care.
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.
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.
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.