Call the Midwife series 15 episode 5 stars EastEnders actor in cast

Call the Midwife series 15 is back with episode 5 – and it’s another emotional trip to London’s East End, complete with a guest cast packed with familiar faces you’ll definitely recognise.
This week’s instalment introduces the Barrowman family when their matriarch buys food from Violet for a big get-together. But what should be a joyful gathering quickly turns to tragedy when everyone who attended is suddenly struck down by a mysterious illness.
Elsewhere, an expectant mum hopes for a home birth that honours both her and her husband’s traditions, while Sister Veronica makes a life-changing decision.
Here’s who’s who in the guest cast of Call the Midwife series 15 episode 5.

Former soap actress Milly Zero as poverty-stricken Lana in Call the Midwife (Credit: BBC)

Call the Midwife series 15 episode 5 cast: EastEnders’ Milly Zero stars as Lana
London-born actress Milly Zero – real name Melissa Jasmine Skye Zero – joins the Call the Midwife cast in episode 5.
Milly, 26, trained at The BRIT School and will be instantly recognisable to soap fans, even if she looks VERY different here as chain-smoking new mum Lana. And don’t expect her character to win you over either – she isn’t particularly kind to poor Sister Julienne.
EastEnders viewers will remember Milly as Dotty Cotton, a role she played from 2019 to 2022 after taking over from Molly Conlin, who portrayed the character between 2008 and 2010.
Dotty arrived as the daughter of villain Nick Cotton, son of long-suffering Dot. Nick famously used his daughter as a partner-in-crime and together they plotted to kill Dot and inherit her money. Milly eventually left the soap after three years in the role.
The actress first appeared on TV as a child star, making her debut aged 13. From 2013 to 2015, she played Hannah Enright in CBBC series All At Sea.
Since leaving Walford in 2022, Milly has made only a handful of TV appearances, including Lisa Gillespie in a 2023 episode of Doctors, playing Kitty in the 2023 short film Better, and a Burns Unit nurse in the Netflix series Too Much.

Former Press Gang actor Lee Ross plays Ivan Barrowman in Call the Midwife series 15 (Credit: BBC)