Call The Midwife viewers have been left fearing for the future of one of the show's most popular characters, Nurse Crane, after a teaser for next week's episode hinted her days might well be numbered.
Three weeks on from its festive special proving a ratings winner on Christmas Day, Call The Midwife aired the third part of its new series on BBC One on Sunday evening, with millions tuning in, after last week's show brought a shock appearance from ex EastEnders star James Alexandrou.
There was a harrowing storyline at the centre of episode three, as a woman was raped and beaten by her own husband, in an era when that wasn't even considered a crime. Offering clarification to horrified viewers, a tweet from the Call the Midwife account read: "Shockingly, the crime of rape within a marriage did not exist in English law until the 1990s, and was first laid out explicitly under the Sexual Offences Act 2003."
