After creator Heidi Thomas suggested that Call the Midwife could be 'rested,' talk of a spin-off began to surface, with an insider revealing that one character could be the focus.

However, writer, Heidi Thomas, who has has been involved with the programme since it launched in 2012, has admitted the series may "take a break". Opening up about the future of the show as its ...

Writer Heidi Thomas, who has been working on the series since it first hit screens in 2012, admitted bosses were thinking of pausing production as they pondered what to do with the period drama.