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Call The Midwife's Helen George's split from co-star after 'awful' divorce

Call the Midwife star Helen George is returning to our screens in the BBC drama's Christmas special - however, the actor has faced her fair share of drama off-screen as well

BBC's Call the Midwife is back on Christmas Day for the latest special, with the midwives of Nonnatus House preparing to deliver Poplar's Yuletide tots. The former couple, who share two daughters together, announced their break-up on social media last July, with Helen saying that their children "remain the focus". Speaking to The Times about taking on stage show The King and I in November last year, Helen said about her character Anna Leonowens: "She has to make this work.

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