Helen George and Olly Rix returning for next season of Call The Midwife

Helen George, Olly Rix and Zephryn Taitte will return for the next series of ‘Call The Midwife’.

The trio - who play Trixie, Matthew and Cyril respectively - will join their co-star Judy Parfitt, who plays Sister Monica Joan, in a new season of the BBC One drama, which follows midwives in London’s East End.

According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, series 13 will see a whole host of familiar faces on the show - which is based on the book ‘Call The Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s’ by Jennifer Worth - amid fears that Trixie and Matthew might depart the East End following their wedding in the season 12 finale this Sunday (26.02.23).

Helen - who plays the bubbly midwife - recently spoke about the “long day” on set filming their nuptials.

The 38-year-old actress said: “It was a long day. We did go over our schedule by about an hour and a half. But it was also a beautiful day. There was a real sense of occasion. And it was lovely that all the cast got to be together.

“I think it's natural for any woman to want to get it completely right – it's an important day in anyone's life.

“Something did go wrong on the day of filming, too. We'd been given pizzas, because everyone was starving. And poor Meghan [Cusack, who plays Nancy Corrigan] got grease all over her bridesmaid's dress. That was a drama.”

There were also fears that Sister Monica could be in grave danger after she was diagnosed with hepatitis.

A source told the publication: "There are a lot of answers coming along in the final episode.

"Trixie and Matthew’s wedding plans don’t run smoothly, Sister Monica Joan gets a glint in her eye and Cyril has an important job to carry out."