Call the Midwife star reveals hopes for Nancy in season 12

Asked about her hopes for the occasionally tactless Nancy, she said: “Hopefully, or what I expect, is more of a fight to have her daughter.

"I think despite being very foot-in-mouth and a bit erratic, I think the main thing is she wants to make her daughter her own and live together."

“To grow in their relationship," added her co-star Ella Bruccoleri, who plays Sister Frances and was also in attendance at the Radio Times Covers Party.

The much-loved BBC One series has already been re-commissioned for season 12 (2023) and season 13 (2024), with the former consisting of eight one-hour episodes, plus a feature-length Christmas special.

Creator, writer and executive producer Heidi Thomas previously said in a statement: "It’s an incredible privilege to be able to look back on a decade of Call the Midwife, and yet know that our journey is still very far from over. We are thrilled to be going on for a few more years!

“Like Nonnatus House itself, we have a proud past but an even more exciting future – full of old favourites, fresh faces, higher hemlines, new ideas. The stories we tell are like babies – they never stop coming, we love them all, and we vow to do our best by every single one.”

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