LABOUR of love

Lead midwife LAURA HUGHES on a new series following her home-birth team

- HANNAH DAVIES, VICTORIA WILSON

YORKSHIRE MIDWIVES ON CALL

NEW EASTER MONDAY & TUESDAY, 8PM (TIMES VARY), BBC2 FACTUAL

Expect some very special deliveries as One Born Every Minute meets Call the Midwife in BBC2's new fly-on-the-wall series, Yorkshire Midwives on Call.

The five-parter follows a small team of six midwives from Bradford's home-birth midwifery unit, who deal with everything from quick and easy births to full-blown emergencies.

Here, in an exclusive interview, lead midwife Laura Hughes, 34, tells TV Times about how she's had aviation-style training to handle the most stressful parts of the job, and reveals why Nurse Crane is her favourite character at Nonnatus House...

What's a typical day for you?

I wouldn't say that there's ever a typical day, because things always come along to spin things on their head.

But normally we start off with some antenatal appointments, then we'll see some postnatal women and their newborn babies at home.