(please note, that in some cases, not all of the original article has been reprinted here, only the segments that relate to James and Sarah's relationship.)

Award-winning British actress, Sarah Parish, has confirmed to Sunday News in a world exclusive that she and actor husband, James Murray, have welcomed a happy, healthy baby daughter.

The couple have named the little girl Nell, Parish said from the family home in Hampshire, England.

The baby was born six weeks early on November 21. “She’s great, she’s doing really well, she’s downstairs kicking up a fuss at the moment.”

Parish says the next five or six weeks are her “mummy-time” before filming of the third and final series of Mistresses starts in April.

Parish said she and Murray chose not to talk to the press about Nell until now, because of the media attention they received when their first child, Ella-Jayne, died last January.

Ella-Jayne was born with a heart defect and was kept in hospital for weeks after she was born. Eventually she was allowed home, and was thought to be making good progress until she had to be rushed back into intensive care. She was just eight months old when she died.

Seven months later, in August, Parish discovered she was pregnant again. “It was quite a shock,” she said. “Usually you know fairly quickly. I was three and a half months pregnant I kept it quiet, low-key, especially after the first child.” The surprise pregnancy forced filming to be delayed on the second season of popular drama Mistresses, in which Parish stars as compassionate GP Katie Roden.

Parish said the premature birth was due to her low-lying placenta. “I knew she was going to come early,” she said, but admitted she was nervous after Nell, like Ella-Jayne, was born premature.

“It was scary at the time but she was delivered brilliantly. She didn’t need any oxygen. The hospital where I had her, they’re so brilliant.”

Nell is wearing Ella-Jayne’s clothes, and sleeping in her nursery, which had been healing for her and Murray. “It’s helped a lot, I think. It was nice to have another little girl. It sort of completes the circle, if you like. It hasn’t brought up lots and lots of upsetting memories, which is good.”

Eight years ago, when Parish was 33 and dating fellow actor Hugo Speer, she told a BBC interviewer that her perfect life would be “to be happy and have a nice house in the country with children, one day”. She laughs when I remind her of that daydream. “[Reality] is very close,” she says. “We have a house in the country and we keep an apartment in London as well.

“If we’re not working we’re down in the country. It’s in the middle of nowhere, we’ve got chickens, we’ve got a vegetable patch. It’s a sort of idyllic life really. We just got back from the village pub now. Took the baby down, she was handed around”.

Parish, 41, said she had been waiting to meet the right person before having children. She and Murray, 35, both starred in BBC drama Cutting It, which ran between 2002 and 2005. They got together at about the time the series finished, and married in December 2007.

“I was very focused on my career when I was younger,” Parish said. “One day you wake up, don’t you, and you go ‘I’ve forgotten to have children!’ We got moving as soon as possible.”

.....the Earls Court Baby Show, Friday till Sunday. Any single one of those events would quite frankly have been enough but to have them all in one week was a bit too much.
I got to spend a day with the fabulous TotallySonny! That might not sound like much but when you have four children it isn’t very easy to get regular one on one time. I do spend much more time with my girls and in all honesty I can’t remember the last time that it was just the two of us. We had a lovely day – OK so it was back to The Baby Show again but today we were on a mission. With my work hat on I was meeting with the actress Sarah Parish and her actor hubby James Murray. So what you may say… but for Sonny, this is his idea of heaven. Sarah Parish was the Empress Racnoss in Dr Who and James was Steven in Primeval. His two favourite TV shows in the world! So we met them and they were lovely to Sonny. James bought him a hot dog and they signed a few bits for him. But the icing on the cake for my fella was James telling him that he loves the name Sonny and that it is top of their possible boys name list. Sonny duly handed over one of his TotallySonny.com badges and we had a whizz around the show with them.

Delighted Mistresses star Sarah Parish is expecting a baby in the New Year.
It’s a massive boost for the 41-year-old actress after her first daughter Ella-Jayne died tragically in January aged just eight months.
BBC bosses have even delayed filming of the next series of the saucy drama to give Sarah every chance of a worry-free pregnancy.
A source told us: “Sarah’s thrilled to be pregnant and wants to make sure she does everything in her power to deliver a happy, healthy baby.”
Sarah was still pregnant with Ella-Jayne when doctors told her and husband James Murray, 34 – with whom she starred in hit BBC drama Cutting It – that their unborn daughter had a hole in her heart.
The tot was born five weeks premature and spent the next four months in intensive care after two emergency operations. Three months ago Sarah spoke for the first time about the heart-breaking loss.
She said: “It is terrifying when you have a baby and she is taken away ill. You were expecting cards and balloons and suddenly you are dropped into a nightmare.”
Thankfully Ella-Jayne was able to spend her final few months with Sarah and James at their home near Winchester, Hants. Sarah said: “She had a great Christmas and was very happy. This was something the hospital gave us that was so precious.” Sarah’s spokeswoman said: “Sarah and James are delighted to be able to let you know that they are expecting a baby early in the New Year. I hope you will understand their desire to keep any further details private until after the birth.”

DEVASTATED Mistresses star Sarah Parish has spoken for the first time about the tragic loss of her baby daughter.

Little Ella-Jayne died in January aged just eight months after being born with a hole in her heart.

Sarah, 41, said: “It is terrifying when you have a baby and she is taken away ill.

“You were expecting cards and balloons and suddenly you are dropped into a nightmare.”

Doctors told the beauty and actor hubby James Murray that their first child had the defect while Sarah was still pregnant.

The tiny girl was born five weeks premature in an emergency caesarean last May — and was immediately whisked away for two emergency operations. She spent the next four months in intensive care — but was able to spend her final months at home near Winchester, Hants.

Sarah, former star of drama Blackpool, said: “She really had a very normal four months at home.

“It is very easy to treat them with kid gloves and not to take them outside and do things. But we thought, ‘We don’t know how long we have her for’ and wanted to have the best time possible.”

She also praised the medics at the paediatric intensive care unit at Southampton General Hospital for the early treatment which allowed Ella-Jayne to go home. Precious

Sarah said: “We took her to see my family in Yeovil and James’s family up north. She had a great Christmas and was very happy.

“This was something that the hospital gave us that was so precious.

Sarah and James — who met on BBC1 hit Cutting It — are now raising money for the hospital. They hope to make £100,000 to pay for a clinical psychologist to counsel families with children in Southampton’s PICU (Paediatric Intensive Care Unit).

Sarah said: “Being in hospital with a very sick child is a very frightening and stressful time.

“There needs to be someone on hand to take the families aside and answer practical questions and offer emotional support.

“Having a counsellor would definitely have helped us.”

James, 34, currently starring in BBC2 comedy Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, said the pair take comfort from the messages left on Ella-Jayne’s page on charity website Justgiving.

He said: “In really dark moments, if we click on and see that Sally from Scarborough has donated £4, it brightens us up.

“It restores our faith in humanity and we are humbled by people’s kindness.”

TO donate on Ella-Jayne Murray’s Justgiving page click on the link at friendsofpicu.org.uk.

AFTER the death of their eight-month-old daughter actress Sarah Parish and husband James Murray are raising money for the Hampshire hospital children's unit which treated her.

Baby Ella-Jayne died in January after being born with a serious heart condition.

She spent the first four months of her life in and out of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Southampton General Hospital before returning to the couple's home near Winchester.

Now the couple, who met on the set of the hit TV hairdressing drama Cutting It, want to give something back to the unit that helped them so much.

They have set themselves a fundraising target of £100,000 to pay for a clinical psychologist to support Southampton's PICU by offering counselling, support and advice to relatives for three years - after this the hospital will fund the new position.

Sarah, who also appeared in Blackpool and Mistresses, said: "It is terrifying when you have a baby and it is taken away ill.

"You were expecting cards and balloons and suddenly you are dropped into a nightmare."

The actress added: "When Ella-Jayne was in PICU the staff were all invaluable. Without their brilliance we would never have had the opportunity to bring her home.

"We have never met such incredible and generous people. It really opened our eyes."

Primeval actor James said: "We are giving back something that we could have done with ourselves. It's a very good support system but having a counsellor would be the icing on the cake."

If you would like to make a donation to Sarah and James' fundraising mission to pay for a clinical psychologist at the unit visit their justgiving page at www.friendsofpicu.org.uk or call Friends of PICU charity secretary Eddie Manchip on 023 9237 9044.

It immediately launches into the interview with no preamble or explanation.

Sarah: It's terrifying because you're suddenly, you, you know you're expecting a baby and of course you have all these preconceived ideas of what's going to happen. You're going to give birth, it's going to be wonderful, there'll be cards, balloons, it's going to be fantastic. And of course that dream is ripped away from you immediately and you're thrown into a living hell really. (Rueful laugh).

James: We lived there. We spent 12 hours a day there, sometimes 24 hours a day in the actual unit and it's like the Starship Enterprise. (Sarah laughs). They way it's run, er, the equipment they have. They have a 97% success rate, which if you think about it is pretty impressive. (Sarah nods)

Sarah: (Interrupting a little) But it can always be bigger. There's never enough room...

James: (Talking over each other slightly) Yeah, there can always be more beds.

Sarah: (Continuing) ...for all the children.

(Shots of the hospital's baby unit, nurses at work etc as Sarah continues).

Sarah: I think we feel we owe them quite a lot for looking after Ella-Jayne and looking after us in what was a very traumatic time.

Interviewer: The loss of a child is unbearable for any parent and people cope with it in different ways. How did you cope with it - both of you? How did you bear it?

Sarah: PICU gave us four very important months where Ella-Jayne could come home. If it hadn't have been for them we'd never have had her home and I think we, I, will spend the rest of our lives repaying them for that.

Interviewer: How are you going to do that? What are you going to do?

(Sarah looks at James to answer)

James: Trying to raise money and we have been raising money for Friends of PICU. Specifically in our case for a clinical psychologist to support and look after parents of children who are on the ward. So we're looking for £100,000 um, we've found about 30 at the moment through various things that Sarah and I have done - treks, and just...

Sarah: Sponsored runs, walks...

James: And just putting it out there.

Sarah: Yeah.

James: But we need another 70. (Sarah laughs and James smiles).

Interviewer: You're dragging in lots of friends?

James: Yeah.

Interviewer ...to do things?

Sarah: We have. The lovely Amanda Holden has been very generous and said she will run the New York marathon for us.

(Shot of the donation page for Ella-Jayne that you can find here.)

Interviewer: It's a fitting tribute to your daughter...

James: Yeah.

Interviewer:...that you are giving something back to the people who helped her.

Sarah: Hmm. We've had a fabulous 8 months with a beautiful little girl. She's left a lot of love in people's hearts and she is...she stays alive in people's memories and in our memory. And I think working for this charity and doing the work that we do, I don't know (looks at James) it just makes me feel better about the fact that she's not here anymore.

GLAM Mistresses star Sarah Parish has gone from doll to troll for the new BBC series Merlin.

Sarah, 40, said her role in the show about the mythological magician is “a very funny job”.

She said: “I’m a nasty troll who turns herself into a glamorous lady of the court and seduces the head of Camelot.

“She marries him and takes over Camelot.”

Sarah has already lined up another role with a medieval theme in Pillars of the Earth.

The star, married to actor James Murray, has immersed herself in work as she battles against her grief over their eight-month daughter Ella-Jayne, who died from a heart defect in January.

Despite her own heartache, caring Sarah finds time to help others. She supports Headway, the charity for people with brain injuries.

The baby died in January and Sara, 40, who's wed to ex-Primeval star James Murray, 33, said: "We made the trip in her honour and spent seven weeks in a couple of orphanages.

"It put everything into perspective for us. It was the right time to do it."

Discover how actress Sarah Parish and her mother feel about their special relationship

Actress Sarah Parish, 40, lives with her husband, actor James Murray, 35, in Hampshire. Sadly, their eight-month-old daughter Ella-Jayne, who was born with a heart defect, died two weeks after this interview, but Sarah requested it be published and wanted to highlight the work of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Southampton General Hospital (friendsofpicu.org.uk).

My earliest memory is of sitting at Mum’s dance school, watching her teach a ballet class. I decided that’s what I wanted to be. Mum’s always been a talented dancer. When she was 12 she got a TV contract to be the next Shirley Temple, but her mother wouldn’t let her do it.

Our house was very theatrical and every Christmas we’d put on a pantomime. It was a lot of fun.

My mum was deputy head of my secondary school, which could have been difficult, but I loved it. I remember once walking into my Mum’s office to find eight thuggish six formers huddling in a circle with Mum in the middle, all having a smoke! She had time for everyone.

Retired teacher Thelma Parish, 80, lives in Yeovil with her husband, Bill. She has three children, John, 49, Julie, 47, and Sarah, 40.

Sarah’s acting career started when she was two. I was in a play at our local theatre and realised I’d forgotten my wand. I whispered to the wings and she appeared with it. After that, she refused to get off the stage!

I know that my job may have been difficult for Sarah and quite possibly overshadowed her at times. She didn’t come into her own until she went to college - she got all these parts that had nothing to do with me and she bloomed.

I’ve always thought Sarah had something special, so I'm not surprised that she’s been so successful. She’s this wonderful mix of vulnerable and strength of character. I do often worry that she pushes herself too hard, but then I always do too.

Sarah stars in Mistresses on BBC1

Actress is trying to deal with her grief.

Sarah Parish has been left devastated by the death of her eight-month-old daughter Ella-Jayne.

The Mistresses actress, 40, who is married to James Murray, 33, gave birth 5 weeks early by emergency Caesarean in May.

Ella-Jayne had life-saving surgery to correct a heart defect said to be brought on by a rare condition called Rubeinstein-Taybi syndrome.

She was rushed to intensive care again for a further op in the summer.

‘They are both now trying to get through this difficult time as best they can,’ a spokeswoman for the couple tells the News Of The World.

Ella-Jayne died at the couple’s home in Hampshire last week.

In sad news, Ella-Jayne Murray — the 8-month-old daughter of UK stars Sarah Parish and James Murray — has died after succumbing to complications from a congenital heart defect.

Sarah and James were made aware of the condition while Sarah, 40, was still pregnant, and Ella-Jayne — affectionately dubbed ‘E-J’ by her parents — was ultimately born five weeks premature via emergency C-Section. The delivery was later described as “traumatic” by James, for Ella-Jayne was immediately whisked off for her first of two surgeries to repair the condition, consisting of a hole in her heart.

Despite the scary circumstances of her birth, in an interview last summer James, 33, credited his daughter for giving the couple a newfound “perspective on what’s important in life.” He went on to add,

“You can never plan anything in life, and never take anything for granted.”

Ella-Jayne died at her parents’ Hampshire, England, home last week. The couple are said to be ”devastated” by the loss, according to a statement from Sarah’s spokeswoman, who adds “it’s been very hard for them both.”

Ella-Jayne is their first child.

Telly star Sarah Parish was “devastated” last night after the death of her baby daughter.

Eight-month-old Ella-Jayne lost her battle for life after being born with a hole in her heart.

Cutting It star Sarah, 40, is married to actor James Murray, 33, who she met on the set of the BBC drama.

Ella-Jayne — who was born five weeks early by emergency Caesarean section last May — died at the couple’s home in Hampshire last week.

A spokeswoman for Sarah said: “It’s been very hard for them both.”

TV land has been much more monogamous - but far less exciting - without them. Now Mistresses is back for a second series - and happily the love lives of 30-something friends Siobhan, Trudi, Katie and Jessica are more tangled than ever. We talk seduction and infidelity with actresses Orla Brady, Sharon Small, Sarah Parish, and Shelley Conn

'I COULD NEVER BE CELIBATE'

Sarah Parish, 40, plays high-flying GP Katie Ronan. She’s recovering from the fallout of seducing a married terminally ill patient and helping him die, before falling in love with his son.

Katie’s sworn herself to celibacy in this series. Have you ever done the same?
Not exactly. There have been times when I haven’t had a boyfriend, but I’ve never made the decision to be celibate.

Before you married, were you obsessed with finding The One?
Having a boyfriend was never that important to me. I was more interested in working and having fun. I was never the kind of woman who went hunting for guys. I think they’re a bit scary!

Are you saying you’ve never chatted up a guy?
I’d be hopeless! Katie’s the same. She’s not a preying woman – it’s her emotions that get her into situations. Nobody can control who they fall in love with.

Come on, then! If you could have an affair, who would you choose?
I wouldn’t. I’ve got my gorgeous hubby James Murray (her former co-star in Cutting It). Who could be better than the man I love?

So how do you seduce Mr Murray?
I’m not a candles, red wine and lingerie person. There’s nothing less sexy than someone trying to be sexy. If you feel that the moment’s right, it’s right. I don’t do anything in particular, but if I did Jim would probably say: “What are you doing?”!