Call The Midwife's Stephen McGann reveals Helen George was 'embarrassed by racy Strictly'
HELEN GEORGE dazzled on the Strictly Come Dancing dance floor in an array of skimpy sequinned ensembles, but her Call The Midwife co-star, Stephen McGann, has revealed the actress found the show's "racy" outfits embarrassing.
Stephen McGann talking about Helen George being embarrassed by her Strictly outfits
The English rose and her professional Strictly partner, Aljaz Skorjanec, waltzed their way to sixth place in the BBC ballroom contest - although many felt they were robbed of a spot in the final - in elegant ball gowns and glittering leotards, which made the starlet quiver.
Despite legs and a body to kill for, her co-star Stephen told Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard: "She said: ‘I'm quite embarrassed about this because all the girls got down to their scanties'."
Although, Helen has volunteered to dig out the scantily clad outfits once again as she takes to the stage in the Strictly Come Dancing live tour, which kicked off at Birmingham's Barclaycard Arena last Friday.
As for Stephen, he's released his very own book based on the cases of his beloved character Dr. Turner. In a fictionalised diary, the actor - turned - author, explores how doctors dealt with patients of extreme illnesses such as Polio, meningitis, measles, scarlet fever and thalidomide, which have all been meticulously depicted on the hit BBC series, as well as working closely with the 'newly formed' NHS.
Call The Midwife's fifth series rolls into the 1960s and will deal with the horrific outbreak of typhoid, which Stephen assured Turner "will be involved in all stages of".
The period drama has gone form strength to strength, with its latest run pulling in an average audience of 7.97 million viewers for its series opener on Sunday night.
A remarkable achievement, considering Stephen only agreed to read for the part as a means to fill time in between lectures while studying for his masters in science communication.
The actor is famously married to the show's executive producer Heidi Thomas, and while he insisted his marital status did nothing to land him the job, his studies perhaps made him the ideal candidate for the role.
He said: "It's 25 years since I last worked with her [Heidi] so it all came along buy accident. I was at uni studying for science communication when I got asked to read for the part of doctor.
I was a bit long in the tooth but it was not too big a part so they asked: 'Do you mind reading for it in between lectures?" Thankfully, Stephen agreed and the rest is history.
Call The Midwife continues this Sunday at 8pm on BBC One.