Helen George (Part One)
Walking The Dog with Emily Dean
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4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
This week Emily and Ray have a festive treat for you as they take a stroll through the beautifully Christmassy streets of Richmond with Call the Midwife star Helen George, joined by her adorable rescue dog Charlie.
Emily chats to Helen about her childhood growing up in Hampshire, the early days of her career including working as a backing singer for Elton John, and her experiences playing Nurse Trixie in Call the Midwife since the very first episode back in 2012.
They also talk about Helen’s current turn as the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at the Richmond Theatre, which runs until January 4th and also stars Basil Brush. Tickets are available at https://www.atgtickets.com.
Helen is warm, funny and wonderfully down to earth, and Emily quickly realises she is exactly the sort of person you would want on speed dial in a crisis. Luckily, the only emergency on this walk involved a shortage of poo bags, which Helen handled with true Fairy Godmother efficiency.
Don't miss the Call the Midwife Christmas specials on BBC One, with part one airing on Christmas Day and part two on Boxing Day.
It’s a joyful, festive walk with a much-loved face from British television, and the perfect episode to see the year out.
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| 0:00.0 | I think people do confuse me for the character. |
| 0:04.0 | We've got the same voice, the same face. |
| 0:07.0 | This week on Walking the Dog, Ray and I have delivered a bit of a festive treat for you |
| 0:14.0 | because we took a stroll around the ridiculously picturesque and Christmassy Richmond |
| 0:19.0 | with Call the Midwife star Helen George and her adorable rescue dog Charlie. |
| 0:24.6 | The reason we met Helen in Richmond was because she's currently appearing in Panto at the Richmond Theatre with Cinderella. |
| 0:31.1 | Not only does it star Helen as the fairy godmother, it also features Basil Brush. |
| 0:36.5 | So frankly, what are you waiting for? It's on until |
| 0:39.9 | Jan the 4th, so book your tickets now at ATGTickets.com. Helen is obviously a much loved face on TV because |
| 0:48.2 | she's been a cool cast member of Call the Midwife playing Nurse Trixie since the very first episode, |
| 0:54.0 | way back in 2012. |
| 0:55.9 | So I was dying to get to chat to her and find out a little bit more about her childhood growing up in Hampshire, |
| 1:02.2 | the early days of her career when she worked as a backing singer for Elton John. And of course, |
| 1:07.4 | her experiences starring in one of the most popular shows on TV, Call the Midwife. |
| 1:11.6 | Helen was quite honestly a joy to spend time with. |
| 1:15.6 | She's incredibly friendly and unaffected and open and also utterly hilarious. |
| 1:20.6 | And I can totally see why she was cast as the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, |
| 1:25.6 | because she also strikes you as the kind of person |
| 1:28.2 | who'd rush in to get things done if you called her needing help. Luckily, the only thing I needed |
| 1:34.1 | on our walk was poo bags, but one wave of her magic wand, and there they were. Ray and I absolutely |
| 1:41.2 | loved our walk with Helen and Charlie, and I absolutely know you will too. |
| 1:45.5 | And by the way, do make sure to catch Helen on the two Call the Midwife Christmas specials. |
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