{"id":44914,"date":"2024-01-31T17:22:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T16:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1983704"},"modified":"2024-01-31T19:01:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T18:01:48","slug":"call-the-midwife-star-on-trixie-and-matthew-i-dont-see-it-as-a-deterioration","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/call-the-midwife-star-on-trixie-and-matthew-i-dont-see-it-as-a-deterioration\/","title":{"rendered":"Call the Midwife star on Trixie and Matthew: \u201cI don\u2019t see it as a deterioration\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Renee Bailey and Zephryn Taitte gave their thoughts on Trixie and Matthew&#8217;s storyline at this year&#8217;s Radio Times Covers Party. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 31 January 2024 at 16:22 PM<\/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>We\u2019re now halfway through the current season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/call-the-midwife-season-13-release-date-bbc\/\">Call the Midwife<\/a>, and it seems fair to say that things haven\u2019t exactly been plain sailing for Trixie and Matthew since their marriage at the end of the previous season.<\/p>\n<p>A combination of financial troubles and the couple clashing over Trixie\u2019s work life led to a bitter argument between them in last week\u2019s episode, and now, speaking at the <strong>Radio Times<\/strong> Covers Party 2024, cast members Renee Bailey (Joyce) and Zephryn Taitte (Cyril) have given their thoughts on the storyline.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking alongside two other castmates, Rebecca Gethings (Sister Veronica) and Natalie Quarry (Rosalind), Bailey said: \u201cI feel like, solely as a viewer, the recent episode, it\u2019s just like, wow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor newlyweds, it feels like quite a sudden twist, but also quite realistic in the, sort of, I guess, things where you lock heads, being a newlywed in work at that time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, solely as a viewer, it\u2019s very interesting, the tumultuous journey that they\u2019re going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/call-the-midwife-trixie-matthew-0ff330d.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/call-the-midwife-trixie-matthew-0ff330d.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=599%2C399 2x, 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data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/call-the-midwife-trixie-matthew-0ff330d.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"Matthew and Trixie embrace beside his car\" title=\"call-the-midwife-trixie-matthew\"\/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Olly Rix and Helen George in Call the Midwife.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>BBC\/Neal Street Productions\/Olly Courtney<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Taitte added: \u201cI don\u2019t see it as a deterioration of their relationship. To echo what you said, basically, it\u2019s like, yeah, everyone goes through stuff, right? So I guess we\u2019ll just wait to see how it unfolds, more than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/call-the-midwife-costume-designer-1969-newsupdate\/\">Call the Midwife costume designer reveals secrets to styling for 1969<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/call-the-midwife-fred-tetanus-newsupdate\/\">Call the Midwife beloved character experiences terrifying brush with death<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trixie star Helen George previously spoke about filming the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/call-midwife-helen-george-hard-trixie-matthew-scenes-newsupdate\/\">difficult scenes between the couple<\/a>, saying: \u201cThey\u2019ve just got married and you think, \u2018Gosh, it\u2019s so happy, and he\u2019s very rich and she gets all these posh clothes, and it\u2019s great.\u2019 But then, you know, there\u2019s bumps along the way.<\/p> <p>\u201cBut it\u2019s fun, as well. They\u2019re hard-hitting scenes, especially towards the end of the series, but it very much turns into a kind of kitchen sink drama by the end of it. The scenes that we filmed are so real, like any couple at home today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re really great to play, really fun to play \u2013 different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>See more photos from the Radio Times Covers Party 2024 in the new issue of Radio Times magazine, on sale Tuesday 6th February.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Call the Midwife returns to BBC One at 8pm on Sunday 4th February 2024. 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