Call the Midwife star teases "out of control" storyline in Christmas special

Things are going to "go wrong" for Reggie



Call the Midwife star Cliff Parisi has teased an "out of control" storyline in this year's Christmas special episodes.

The BBC One period drama is set to return this Christmas with the first festive double-bill in its history, with a drama packed storyline which will include the Hong Kong flu and an escaped prisoner.

Speaking to Radio Times, Parisi, who stars as Fred Buckle on the series, said that Daniel Laurie's character Reggie Jackson will face trouble as he explores his independence.

"Normally Reggie's been really sheltered by Vi and Fred, but they've kind of started to try and grant him a little bit more independence as he's gotten older," Parisi said.

"So when we do a job together, he gets a separate pay packet with his own name on it. He's now becoming a young man, and they're trying to respect that and trying to make him more responsible."

Teasing what's to come, Parisi said that things get out of hand for Reggie, saying: "On this particular occasion, things get out of control."

He continued: "I think it does remind them how vulnerable he can be. Things are all right when they go right, but if they go wrong, he doesn't have another option. He doesn't know what to do."

First appearing during Call the Midwife's sixth season following the death of his mother, Reggie was subsequently taken in by Fred and his wife Violet (Annabelle Apsion).

Elsewhere, Sister Julienne herself Jenny Agutter told fans to expect some "dramatic" and "dark" Christmas episodes.

"For me, when I read it, I was very touched by it. It's quite Dickensian," Agutter said. "It is quite dark, but in with that is a lot of humour and a lot of humanity, and that's what lightens it.

"It's just the recognition that we're in difficult times, we've been in difficult times, we always were in difficult times. It just recognises that."