Helen George opens up on Call The Midwife's Christmas special and her completely different role in Salford

Helen George has teased details about Call The Midwife's Christmas special as she prepares to put away her nurse's outfit for a different role which will bring her to Salford.

The actress is best known for playing Trixie Franklin in BBC drama series which has been a staple winter warmer in our television calendars since 2012, both at Christmas and in the New Year. And this festive season, the nurses and nuns of Nonnatus House will be back.

According to the BBC, this year's Call the Midwife's Christmas Special "begins two weeks before Christmas with Apollo 8 poised to circle the moon. Sister Monica Joan is convinced this could be her last Yuletide and decides she’ll not live to see man walk on the moon. The Nonnatus Family, including Trixie's brother Geoffrey, decide something must be done to try and lighten her state of mind."

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The synopsis continued: "Nancy has recommitted to staying at Nonnatus House and Sister Julienne has offered her and Colette a room for the foreseeable future. Trixie and Matthew, fresh from their honeymoon, are preparing their first Christmas together as husband and wife when Geoffrey pays them an unexpected visit days before Christmas.

"Cyril gently intervenes when he discovers a lost soul living alone in a dilapidated basement flat. For this man, Christmas is a reminder of all he’s lost and all he’s never had. Nurse Crane, away on her refresher course, makes it home in time for Christmas festivities despite a treacherously heavy snowfall."

Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, Helen said of the upcoming special: "It's lovely that Call The Midwife has become part of the TV menu. 'This is Matthew and Trixie's first