{"id":15929,"date":"2022-05-24T14:52:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T12:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1650668"},"modified":"2022-05-24T15:22:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T13:22:21","slug":"call-the-midwife-star-explains-why-turner-marriage-resonates-with-fans","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/call-the-midwife-star-explains-why-turner-marriage-resonates-with-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Call the Midwife star explains why Turner marriage resonates with fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 24 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>For more than a decade, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/call-the-midwife-season-12-release-date\/&quot;\">Call the Midwife<\/a> has been one of the most reliably popular series on British television \u2013 and star Stephen McGann has outlined one of the reasons he thinks the show has such enduring appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a panel celebrating the show as part of the <strong>BFI &amp; Radio Times Television Festival<\/strong>, McGann pointed to the depiction of his character Patrick Turner\u2019s marriage as a key factor in the show\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">We\u2019re in the panel for <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/CallTheMidwife1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@CallTheMidwife1<\/a> at <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TVFest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#TVFest<\/a>\u2026 can\u2019t wait to hear all the latest! <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CallTheMidwife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#CallTheMidwife<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/H863vEmSnC&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/H863vEmSnC<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Radio Times (@RadioTimes) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimes\/status\/1528366199503040512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">May 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>\u201cOne of the most simple things about the relationship with the Turners \u2013 and one of the most enduringly successful things \u2013 is actually that they are a functioning marriage,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery often in drama \u2013 and this is a TV festival \u2013 drama is predicated on tension. And everyone says, you know, \u2018Drama is conflict\u2019, well that\u2019s a kind of a truism, but often it\u2019s negative conflict \u2013 marriages break, people betray, people do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cBut actually a lived experience through the Turners is very many marriages out there are full of basically decent people, to whom things happen \u2013 bad things, good things, normal life.<\/p> <p>\u201cAnd one of the secrets of the Turners is actually, why not have a functioning marriage long term on television? And then you can feel their pains and their joys, but actually they\u2019re not taking chunks out of each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause not all drama is about negative projection of conflict in story. Sometimes it\u2019s about people being nice to each other, because out there people are also nice to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGann\u2019s comments were greeted with enthusiastic applause from the audience before series creator Heidi Thomas added: \u201cWe made a whole episode out of you two going to see The Sound of Music!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call the Midwife will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Seasons 1-11 are available on <a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/p0118t80\/call-the-midwife&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>\u00a0now.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Looking for something else to watch? Check out the rest of our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener\" noreferrer=\"\">Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or take a look at our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener\" noreferrer=\"\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Cremona Published: Tuesday, 24 May 2022 at 12:00 am For more than a decade, Call the Midwife has been one of the most reliably popular series on British television \u2013 and star Stephen McGann has outlined one of the reasons he thinks the show has such enduring appeal. 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