Sunday, 2nd May 2021 at 9:00 pm
Louise Wrigley (played by Jenny Walser) is a puzzling patient for Sister Hilda (Fenella Woolgar) and Dr Turner (Stephen McGann) when she turns up at the clinic in Call the Midwife season 10, episode four. First she insists she must be pregnant, though tests show she is not; then she complains of crippling stomach pains, blood in her urine, and blood in her vomit. It is only when Sister Hilda spots a bloody razor blade and examines the blood flecks in the vomit bowl that she realises the truth: Louise Wrigley is unwell – but she is creating her own physical symptoms because of a mental illness.