Billie Piper welcomes second son

Billie Piper welcomes second son
Billie Piper welcomes second son (Image credit: PA Archive/PA Photos)

Former Doctor Who star Billie Piper has given birth to a baby boy, her second son with actor husband Laurence Fox. The actor broke the news of the new arrival - who was born on Thursday - via his Twitter page, saying, "One born every minute. We had our minute today. Couldn't be happier. Beautiful boy. Everybody fine." A friend also confirmed the news, telling Mail Online, "Mother and baby are doing extremely well. Billie and Laurence are thrilled to bits." The couple, who already have a three-year-old son, Winston, have yet to reveal a name for the new arrival. Billie - who played Rose Tyler in Doctor Who, and also starred in the ITV2 series Secret Diary Of A Call Girl - said after Winston's birth that she was keen to expand her family. "I used to want a big family but now I am wondering if it would be OK if Winston was an only child!" she joked. "Seriously, I would like to have three children. I'm thinking of having two close together and leaving it a while, then having another." She also described motherhood as "fantastic," adding, "Life is so much better for having had Winston and I feel warmer as a person."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.