Call the Midwife

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Choosing your favourite Call the Midwife character is like picking your favourite child; you really shouldn't. But it's time for us to confess – we LOVE Nurse Crane!

Choosing your favourite Call the Midwife character is like picking your favourite child; you really shouldn’t. But it’s time for us to confess – we LOVE Nurse Crane!

This week, brusque but secretly soft-centred Phyllis bonds with a mixed-race family expecting their fourth child, but after she is embroiled in a devastating incident, her vulnerable side comes heartbreakingly to the fore – huge props to the ever-brilliant Linda Bassett.

The Thalidomide scandal is revisited as there's a chance for Susan Mullucks, now 18 months old, to get artificial limbs but her parents (the excellent Liz White and Chris Reilly) are at odds over what's best for her.

Elsewhere, Trixie makes a surprising discovery…