Georgie Glen

Lady Fermoy had no faults despite being late biographer and journalist Anthony Holden, Ruth. Or, to put it more simply, she was, 'the ghastest person I've ever encountered in my studies.' Diana's grandmother, whatever she was, was a major figure at court, a mentor and confidante of the last Queen Mother whose outlook had a major influence on the future Princess of Wales. Lady Fermoy is suspected of being among those planning to bring about a dynastically beneficial but inappropriate union between her granddaughter and the potential King, although this is something she denied.

The 12th series may have come to an end earlier this year, but preparations for the 13th are already underway. When the cast of the showdown reassembled to count down the days until filming began, Call The Midwife fans rejoiced. Heidi Thomas, the show's writer, was shown surrounded by the cast for a meal in London in an update shared to the show's Facebook page.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: How many sleuths can you name with a passion for music? Morse and his opera, Holmes with his violin, Rebus and his obsession with classic rock, and Grantchester's jazz-loving Rev Sidney Chambers. And that does not include Michael Gambon, the original Singing Detective who played crime writer Philip Marlow in 1986. In Ridley, Adrian Dunbar, a pin-up for women who like their coppers gruff and grizzled, plays the role exactly. (ITV). He mused at a piano in an empty bar, singing The Mountains Of Mourne.