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However, his return didn’t see him as his usual bubbly self, which left Fred Buckle (played by Cliff Parisi) and Violet Buckle (Annabelle Apsion) concerned for his health. After confiding in Cyril Robinson (Zephryn Taitte), Reggie Jackson (Daniel Laurie) sought the help of Dr Turner (Stephen McGann) who informed him he had an underactive thyroid. This left viewers heartbroken and they took to their social media to express their love and prayers for Reggie.

At the start of the episode, Cyril was happy to see that Reggie had returned to Poplar after his trip away.

After asking if Fred and Violet had put him to work, Reggie explained: “Yes, it was supposed to be a holiday!”

Cyril asked: “Listen, Reggie, I am going to the social club to play dominoes tonight, would you like to come? And we can take Fred with us?.”

Despite it being one of his favourite things to do, Reggie admitted: “I’m a bit tired after working all day.”

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Later, Reggie asked Cyril what he knew about heaven and it shocked him when he expressed he was going to die soon.

Stunned at his comment, Cyril asked what was wrong, to which Reggie explained: “I’m tired. I’m very very tired and when people get too tired they just stop.”

“My mum died. I’m old and my hair is coming out,” he added before running his hand through his hair and showing Cyril the clump in his hand.

Concerned, he expressed to Reggie that he needed to speak with Dr Turner about how he was feeling and agreed to accompany him to the appointment.

After sitting down with Dr Turner and explaining that he was tired, his hands hurt, his hair was falling out and he was getting headaches, Dr Turner decided to run some tests for him.

Sitting down with Violet and Fred, Dr Turner explained: “Reggie has an underactive thyroid, hypothyroidism. The blood test confirmed it.

“It has been noticed in people with Reggie’s condition, if it goes wrong you can feel quite poorly, tingly hands, hair loss but you will feel really tired.

“All you have to do is take one pill a day, for a long time, in fact forever, but you are going to notice such a difference.”

Reggie replied: “I just want to be the same as I was, I want to be Reggie.”

Viewers of the show were left “in tears” at Reggie’s latest diagnosis and took to their Twitter to express their love for him.

Sharon asked: “Please protect Reggie at all costs #CallTheMidwife.”

Chloe fumed: “I swear to God if they kill off Reggie I will throw hands #CallTheMidwife.”

Rabia Mahmood expressed: ”I’m not Lazy” Reggie’s storyline somewhat touched me. The number of times I’ve used the exact words daily… @CallTheMidwife1 never fails to deliver heartfelt & on the edge of seat storylines! Tonight was exceptional.”