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Call the Midwife s Helen George says the show s Christmas special is a love letter to the NHS to celebrate the tireless efforts of health workers during the ongoing pandemic.
The actress - who plays nurse Trixie Franklin in the BBC One period drama set at Nonnatus House in east London - also said it was a Christmas miracle that they managed to make it due to production restrictions and complications imposed by the coronavirus.
Speaking on
The One Show on Thursday evening (17 December), the star told hosts Alex Jones and Ronan Keating: I just pretend to be [a nurse], they actually do the work. I think
One of the few constants on
Doctor Who is change. Companions come and go. Even the Doctor herself is not guaranteed to look the same from one season to the next. Such is the cycle of life in the TARDIS.
Therefore, few fans were likely surprised by the news that stars Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole, who play Graham O’Brien and Ryan Sinclair respectively, would depart following holiday special “Revolution of the Daleks.” After all, the show itself hints that Ryan, at least, is more than ready to return to his real life during the final few episodes of season 12.
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Call The Midwife stars promise Christmas special is slightly different
Stephen McGann says we can expect hope , sparkle and drama . 16/12/2020
Call The Midwifefans can expect a Christmas special that s a little bit different this year, two of its stars have promised.
Actor Stephen McGann, who plays Dr Patrick Turner, and Jenny Agutter, who plays Sister Julienne, dropped in for a video chat on
This Morning with hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford to discuss the upcoming festive special episode for the BBC drama. It s been amazing – this is our ninth one and every year that we do them we never expect it to become a staple, McGann said. You never dream or imagine that you re going to have that privilege and that duty, too, to be something that people turn to on Christmas Day.
Dec 16, 2020Two technology companies have teamed up with BBC Studios BBC Learning division to create an Internet of Things (IoT)-based learning kit that provides inventors young and old with a platform for IoT programming. The kit enables users to build wireless sensor-based systems that transmit data via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), guided in voice by the time-traveling genius scientist known as the Doctor, from the television show
Doctor Who.
Fablesss semiconductor company SiFive is providing its RISC-V processor, which is used in the Tynker coding system that is intended to be easy enough for children to use, but with functionality that BBC Learning expects to be leveraged by adults as well. The HiFive Inventor Coding Kit is designed to teach users and enable them to code their own IoT solutions. As a learning tool, the kit focuses on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and innovation for future generations, according to Kara Iaconis, th
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