With Cyril's wife Lucille having left Poplar to return home for some time, this has left both the character and the show's writers in a difficult position - is Cyril leaving the series?
When Cyril's wife Lucille departed Call The Midwife after a series of devastating storylines, fans immediately wondered what would become of Cyril himself. Actress Leonie Elliott made the decision to leave the show during season 12, and her character was written out after suffering an emotional breakdown following the loss of her unborn baby, and amid rising racial abuse in the aftermath of Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech, criticising immigration to Britain.
