Former Call The Midwife star Jack Ashton has revealed he would “consider” returning to the BBC drama after his character Reverend Tom Hereward departed to Papua New Guinea to grieve the loss of his wife Nurse Barbara Hereward [played by Charlotte Ritchie].
In an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, the actor divulged that Tom could potentially come back into the series “in 1970 with long hair and strange ideas”.When quizzed on why he decided to leave the show, Jack explained in reference to his character: “Well, technically, I haven’t left, I’m in Papua New Guinea grieving so I think it wasn’t necessarily that I decided to leave. “I think it was more that it was just decided that it just felt like the right time for everybody. “I think.