Nurse Valerie (played by Jennifer Kirby) has gradually become one of the favourite nurses on the popular BBC One period drama.
As season eight continues, producers have decided to explore the loveable midwife’s background, and how she’s become who she is growing up in the 1940s and 50s.
This week’s instalment is set to delve deep in Valerie’s relationship with her grandmother Elsie Dyer (Ann Mitchell), a no-nonsense East End lady who shares some home truths with the younger woman.
And there will also be the return of Nicky Goldie as Aunt Flo, so Valerie’s history will continue to deepen.
In an interview ahead of tonight’s episode, Jennifer shared: “Yes, it has been nice for me to explore Val’s East End side.
“She was raised in a different way to the other midwives and her roots are properly East End.
“We’ve already seen Auntie Flo [Nicky Goldie] in the pub,” she teased to TV Times. “And she’ll come back later, too.”
Ann also shared her experience of working with Jennifer on the programme, which is based on Jennifer Worth’s memoirs.
“It was an absolute delight and Jenny plays Val so beautifully,” she said. “We had very good chemistry and a similar way of working.
“We’re both very focused,
