Heidi Thomas

Heidi Thomas is a British screenwriter and playwright known for the TV and film adaptions of Madame Bovary 2000 I Capture the Castle 2003 Ballet Shoes 2007 and Cranford 20072009 as well as the creation of the BBC TV series Lillies 2007 Upstairs Downstairs 2010 and Call the Midwife 2012 She has received several awards among them the British Royal Television Societys Best Writer award and the British Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Cranford She has also been nominated for several BAFTA TV Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards She is married to actor Stephen McGann who plays Dr Turner in Call the Midwife