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Call the Midwife's Shelagh cares for man in iron lung in first look

Shelagh has some concerns in this week's episode.

Published: Saturday, 1 February 2025 at 10:45 am

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Call the Midwife is returning to screens this weekend with a brand new episode which sees Shelagh growing increasingly concerned for one of her patients.

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In an exclusive clip shared with RadioTimes.com, Shelagh is caring for a patient in an iron lung and discusses his treatment with his wife Betty, while also praising her for all the hard work she has been putting in.

"Two years after our wedding, he caught polio," Betty tells Shelagh.

"I'm not a churchgoer but I made a bargain with God. I said, 'If you save my Owen, I will never complain about anything again'. He may be paralysed from the neck down, he can't even breathe without this contraption, but he's never once complained. Nor have I."

"Don't listen to her, she complains all the time," Owen joked, before Shelagh notices something odd.

Shelagh pictured from behind as she looks at Betty, who has a scared look on her face.

Shelagh and Betty in Call the Midwife. BBC

In the following scene, Betty looks in a compact mirror and says that, stood next to Shelagh, she does look "a little bit yellow".

"I could be mistaken, but I do wonder whether you could be jaundice," says Shelagh, before Betty reveals that she once had jaundice when she had gallstones.

As Shelagh looks to arrange a visit from Doctor Turner, Betty looks worried. Will everything be okay?

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In Sunday night's episode (2nd February), there is plenty going on in Poplar as a solo delivery puts Sister Julienne's skills to the test as she must "find the strength to help the mother through a traumatic birth whilst overcoming her own personal crisis".

Elsewhere, the synopsis continues: "The Nonnatus team oversee the care of a man living inside an iron lung, and Violet decides to create the Poplar Commonwealth Games in an official, safe capacity and enlists the help of Cyril, who has returned from Jamaica."

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Call the Midwife airs on Sundays at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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Katelyn Mensah is the Senior Entertainment Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.

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