According to the Radio Times, the new series of Call the Midwife will tackle female genital mutilation (FGM).
The RT's interview with series creator Heidi Thomas makes it clear, however, that the BBC will not take a "moral" view on it and that FGM will be dealt with "as a fascinating medical aberration, not a grim abuse".
The RT interviewer also notes that Ms Thomas refuses, during the interview, to use the term FGM, saying that she "chooses to refer to [it] in less charged terminology" (e.g. 'female circumcision').
