Poor Siobhan! How does she react when his condition deteriorates rapidly seconds later?

“It’s a big thing that she swallows her pride. I think Siobhan feels humiliated by the affair and wonders how long it’s been going on and if everyone is laughing at her. I think, as the older woman too, it’s made Siobhan feel terrible about herself and knocked her confidence. I know it would do me.”

Stevie Nash looks stunned in the ED. She's wearing her blue scrubs with a purple bib with the words 'DOCTOR IN CHARGE'. — Unknown to Siobhan, Stevie and Rich have rekindled their romance and are planning a future together. (Image credit: BBC Studios.)

We’re guessing their ceasefire doesn’t last long. What changes?

“Rich is brought in suffering from smoke inhalation and you can see how much Siobhan loves and adores him. What makes everything worse is she goes with him for his CT scan, thinking that he’s going to say he loves her too, but instead he asks her to, ‘Tell Stevie I love her.’”

Poor Siobhan! How does she react when his condition deteriorates rapidly seconds later?

“She’s brokenhearted. The pain of her husband of 25 years asking her to tell another woman he loves her is overwhelming. She now has a horrendous dilemma whether to say to Stevie, ‘Look, he may not have long to live, do you want to spend time with him?’, or just not tell her…”

The outcome is top secret, but what were your thoughts when you first learned how everything unfolds?

“The way it’s written is so good because it’s not cut and dried and you feel sorry for one character and then for the other. It was a joy filming these scenes last June with Michael and Elinor. She actually thrives on all the Resus scenes – I’m convinced that her and Will Beck, who plays Dylan Keogh, could probably save you in real life!”

Rich is in the driving seat with Siobhan’s emotions. (Image credit: BBC Studios.)