Name the Midwife’s Trixie Franklin and Matthew Aylward will face “extreme monetary problem” in collection 13, creator Heidi Thomas OBE has revealed.
While chatting with HELLO! and different journalists forward of the upcoming season, the author revealed that the couple, who’re performed by Helen George and Olly Rix, are “challenged” by “an surprising flip” of their marriage.
Teasing the newlyweds’ relationship within the new episodes, Heidi stated: “Trixie and Matthew have launched into married life and as everyone knows Trixie had essentially the most fantastic completely happy ending in an amazing frock.
“However a cheerful ending can also be a brand new starting and so they embark upon the journey of marriage and the following chapter of their lives in a approach that takes a little bit of an surprising and dramatically wealthy flip,” she continued. “They endure extreme monetary problem which isn’t one thing they have been anticipating and it each deepens their relationship and challenges it.”
Season 12 ended on a joyous be aware for the couple as they tied the knot in entrance of their family and friends in a surprising ceremony.
Whereas the circumstances of Trixie and Matthew’s monetary issues haven’t but been revealed, it is not the primary time the present has hinted at cash hassle for the Aylward household.
In the beginning of the collection 12 finale, Trixie was planning to put on “one thing previous, one thing borrowed and one thing blue” for her large day till discovering that the Aylward household tiara she was going to borrow had been offered by Matthew’s mom.
Explaining what had occurred to his fuming bride-to-be, Matthew stated that after his father fell ailing, his mom wished to take him on a cruise to revitalise his well being and used the cash after promoting the tiara.
“Maybe issues weren’t as liquid as they could have been of their private accounts,” he advised Trixie.
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Fortunately, Nurse Crane got here to the rescue with a tablet field comprised of the material of her personal wedding ceremony gown, whereas Miss Higgins additionally saved the day with a handkerchief for Trixie’s “one thing borrowed”, in addition to blue cloth from a midwife’s uniform to be sewn contained in the gown.
Regardless of Matthew beforehand opening up about his household’s monetary state of affairs, his and Trixie’s cash issues could come as a shock for followers after the rich businessman saved Nonnatus Home from being closed down by shopping for it outright within the ultimate episode of collection 12.
Whereas viewers will simply have to attend and see what occurs with Trixie and Matthew’s monetary affairs, they’ll additionally anticipate “change” and “problem” in 1969 Poplar.
Talking in regards to the new collection, Heidi advised the BBC: “After Trixie’s spectacular wedding ceremony, the Nonnatus Home group feels extra tightly-knit than ever, however life in Poplar has by no means been a fairy story. As 1969 unfolds we’ll see change and problem rock the world of our beloved nuns, nurses, medics, and midwives. Newcomers Joyce and Rosalind arrive with a lot to study, and far to present.”