Former Call The Midwife star Jack Ashton has admitted he found the death of his on-screen wife Nurse Barbara Hereward [played by Charlotte Ritchie] “very emotional” to film.
Barbara, who was married to Jack’s character Tom Hereward, died of Septicemia in a heartbreaking episode of the BBC drama.Speaking about the moment in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, Jack revealed that personal reasons had made the sad storyline even more difficult for him.When quizzed on which scene he found the hardest to film, Jack said: “That would have been Barbara’s death for two reasons.”The actor went on to say he wasn’t just upset over his co-star Charlotte’s departure from the series, but he was also sleep deprived at the time.Jack explained that.
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