Miranda Hart to return to Call The Midwife

Miranda Hart is returning to Call The Midwife.

Hart, 43, will return as midwife Camilla "Chummy" Fortescue-Cholmeley-Browne for the Christmas special and the sixth series, which airs in 2017.

The comedian was forced to miss most of series four, last year's Christmas special and the series that followed due to her busy work schedule.

Miranda Hart as Chummy Noakes. Credit: BBC

A spokesman for Neal Street Productions, the company which makes BBC One's popular series, said: