The final episode of Call the Midwife attracted 9.2 million viewers, according to initial overnight figures.
The midwife-led maternity unit at the Downe Hospital has had a limited uptake from expectant mothers.
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Earlier, Coroner Dr Ciaran McLoughlin had asked legal representatives for the hospital if the midwife can be identified.
He added that the midwife concerned could not know for certain who she had visited without the diaries.
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"Call the Midwife... manages to be both hard-hitting and emotional, gritty and warm, " said BBC One controller Danny Cohen.
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The midwife helping with the delivery of the baby had already worked an 11 hour shift and eventually completed a 16 hour day.
The special was announced as part of the BBC's latest round of drama commissions, which will also see Call The Midwife return in 2014.
The Call The Midwife star was told about her first challenge live on Radio 2 on Monday morning by breakfast show host Chris Evans.
As Mr Halappanavar arrived for day four of the inquiry in Galway, he was asked if he understood and forgave the comments by the midwife.
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Other complaints over the event - which drew a peak audience of 12.2 million people - involved another sketch involving the popular series Call The Midwife.
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The diaries had been placed in the midwife's unattended car, outside her home address, which was subsequently broken into and the diaries were stolen along with other personal items.
According to a report by the Information Commisioner's Office the midwife concerned had been asked to produce the two diaries from storage at her home address for audit purposes.
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Call The Midwife drew its smallest audience since launching earlier this year, and Doctor Who, with 7.6 million viewers, had an average audience of 1.3 million fewer than in Christmas 2011.
Coronation Street was seen by an average audience of 8.6 million viewers, while Upstair Downstairs - which returned for a new series on BBC One straight after Call The Midwife - attracted 6.5 million people.
Last night, Call the Midwife was moved half an hour later than usual to avoid clashing with Coronation Street on ITV1, which was moved from its mid-week slot due to a Uefa Europa League football match.
She reportedly told police that she had intended to get the baby back when she was able to pay the midwife, but when she tried to do so the midwife told her the baby had been sold.
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He said the "best guess" the hospital could make was that the clinical midwife manager in question was Ann Maria Burke and that she had been accompanied by a student midwife.
Winding up the debate, Health Minister Simon Burns said that quality of care in the area was "crucial and imperative", and announced that the trust had taken on an extra 72 midwives, giving it one of the best midwife-to-birth ratios in London.
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Her books recalled her work and life in the East End of London as a midwife in the 1950s.
Announcing his decision, Mr Hunt said as well as the proposal to introduce midwife-led services at the Friarage, other options could also be included for consideration by the public.
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