Call the Midwife's Nurse Trixie Franklin star has opened up about meeting her legendary co-star for the first time 13 years ago

Call the Midwife icon Helen George has revealed she was terrified to meet one of the show's cast members.

Helen, 41, has played Nurse Trixie Franklin on the BBC drama since its launch in 2012 and will return for a double festive special on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

The widely anticipated new episodes will include an explosive plot abroad as the nuns and nurses embark on a rescue mission.

Set in 1971, the episode is expected to kick off with Fred (Cliff Parisi) and Violet Buckle (Annabelle Apsion) leaving Poplar, East London, and travelling to Hong Kong to spend Christmas with her son, Derek (Nicholas Atkinson).

However, tragedy strikes when they le

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