Miranda stars in the new BBC drama Call the Midwife set in London’s East End during the 1950s in which a newly qualified midwife begins her career alongside an order of nursing nuns.

The series starts at 8pm on Sunday 15 January 2012 although Miranda’s character, Camilla Cholomondely-Browne (otherwise known as Chummy) will not be appearing until episode two on Sunday 22 January.