[PHOTOS] ‘Call the Midwife’ Helen George Returns In Time for Season 12

Christmas has arrived early for Name the Midwife followers who missed Helen George‘s Nurse Trixie.

The actress, who left halfway by way of Season 11 to welcome the arrival of her second little one, has returned to the BBC One/PBS medical drama for each the Name the Midwife Vacation Particular and Season 12. The present posted images of her current return on social media.

The vacation particular will in fact air on Christmas Day, whereas the latest season will probably be set in 1968 and premiere within the UK after which the USA, months aside, in 2023.

The final time the fan-favorite character was on the present, the midwife had taken a depart of absence to take care of her dying godmother in Italy. Sadly, this was across the identical time that Trixie and widower Matthew Aylward (performed by The Spanish Princess‘ Olly Rix) had began courting and rising nearer. (The 2 even shared a kiss.) Now that Trixie has returned, maybe those that fortunately ‘shipped them will get to see their love blossom and result in one thing extra critical.

George’s homecoming isn’t the one return viewers can rejoice over. One other picture options Stephen McGann, who stars as Dr. Patrick Turner, fortunately holding a child. This implies Dr. Turner’s arm harm from the Season 11 finale has healed, and the COVID protocols that had restricted the Name the Midwife forged from having shut contact with toddler actors has lifted, producers confirmed.

“This was an actual problem for a delivery drama like ours, however one we confronted, like others, as a medical necessity,” the present defined on Fb and Instagram. “For 2 years we’ve had to seriously change the way in which we filmed births — and our forged needed to modify technically to the higher distances concerned. So, once we lastly had our first delivery scene to movie on this episode, Stephen took the chance to fulfill his first younger star in two years.”

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