Call The Midwife star fell ‘madly in love’ with BBC co-star wife at first meeting

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BBC period drama, best known for playing Rev. Tom Hereward on-screen.But fans might be surprised to know that when Stephen McGann - best known for playing Doctor Patrick Turner - met his current wife, they had no idea they’d one day be involved in the huge project together.He is actually married to the show’s creator and producer, Heidi Thomas.But the pair met way back in the mid 1980s during a script reading in Liverpool, and have been married for an incredible 30 years.Speaking to the Sunday Times Magazine about their first meeting, Stephen admitted he fell "madly in love" with his wife minutes after first meeting her.The star explained that the pair sadly lost touch after the meeting, at least until they bumped into each other in a Liverpool hotel.He said: "I thought the writer [of the play] was probably about 48 and prematurely grey, but I walked into the audition and there was this young girl talking five hundred to the dozen."We started chatting about the character and by the time I left the room I was madly in love."Stephen admitted he thought love at first sight was an "idiotic" theory - until it happened to him.For Heidi’s part, she has also given fans glimpses into her real-life relationship with her actor hubby, explaining to Good Housekeeping in November 2020: "There are definite similarities [between McGann and Dr Turner] - for example, he’s very gifted at origami and I’ve written his talent for origami into previous episodes."So sometimes it’s a little bit hard to tell where Stephen McGann my husband and Dr Turner my character begin!"She hilariously added at the time: "But there are other things where they’re not remotely like one another, for example, Steve can’t do a forceps delivery."Heidi’s real-life.