The Railway Children and Call the Midwife star, 72, on having a baby on Christmas Day, the best day of her life and how she never really wanted to be an actor

Melissa Johns seems utterly besotted as she and husband Dan Hampton introduce us to their adorable new baby daughter. Beaming from ear to ear as she cradles little Ottilly, who was born on 29 October,

I’d lost my hubby and the kids had lost their dad. But I knew what to do next…

One Christmaswe were trying for a baby, by the next we had a trio

Time for a catch-up with a few of our memorable stories...

As a teenager I loved life. I loved sports. I loved swimming. I was captain of the football team. I also worked hard in school and was very quiet. I had friends, but I was not talkative. To the extent