All Creatures Great and Small star Rachel Shenton has announced that she has welcomed her first child with husband Chris Overton.

The TV star, 37, shared the exciting news on Instagram on Sunday with a black-and-white photo of the baby boy’s feet and gushed all of her ‘dreams have come true’.

Rachel thanked doctors and midwives after their little boy arrived ‘earlier than expected’ and they had to ‘stay in hospital for a while’.

She revealed that the couple have called their bundle of joy Orson Wilde Overton.

Rachel wrote: ‘On the 09.04.2025 my dream came true….Welcome to the world Orson Wilde Overton….Our hearts are yours ❤️

‘The biggest thank you to the brilliant midwives and doctors at Royal Stoke maternity Unit.

All Creatures Great and Small star Rachel Shenton has announced on Instagram on Sunday that she has welcomed her first child with husband Chris Overton; pictured in 2018
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All Creatures Great and Small star Rachel Shenton has announced on Instagram on Sunday that she has welcomed her first child with husband Chris Overton; pictured in 2018

The TV star, 37, shared the exciting news with a black-and-white photo of the baby boy's feet and gushed all of her 'dreams have come true'
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The TV star, 37, shared the exciting news with a black-and-white photo of the baby boy’s feet and gushed all of her ‘dreams have come true’

Rachel thanked doctors and midwives after their little boy arrived 'earlier than expected' and they had to 'stay in hospital for a while'. She also revealed that they have called their bundle of joy Orson Wilde Overton

Rachel thanked doctors and midwives after their little boy arrived ‘earlier than expected’ and they had to ‘stay in hospital for a while’. She also revealed that they have called their bundle of joy Orson Wilde Overton

‘Orson came along earlier than expected…so we needed to stay in hospital for a while and we couldn’t have wished for better care and support.’

Fans and famous faces including Emily Atack rushed to the comments to congratulate the star on the happy news.

She wrote: ‘Absolutely bloody brilliant news xxx’ while Jazmine Franks added: ‘Gorgeous news. Congratulations x.’

 Kirsty Gallagher said: ‘I am SO happy for you, over the moon in fact. This is the best news ever. Enjoy the new born bubble. I’m sending you all so much love.’

Jamie Lomas and Jessica Fox were also among the stars to send some sweet words to the happy couple.

Rachel is married to actor Chris, 34, who has starred in DCI Banks, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and more.


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Fans and famous faces including Emily Atack rushed to the comments to 'congratulate' the star on the happy news
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Fans and famous faces including Emily Atack rushed to the comments to ‘congratulate’ the star on the happy news

Rachel is married to Chris Overton, 34, who is an actor himself having starred in DCI Banks, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and more; pictured 2018
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Rachel is married to Chris Overton, 34, who is an actor himself having starred in DCI Banks, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and more; pictured 2018

The pair, who tied the knot in 2018 after meeting in 2010, have worked together and a project they worked on together was even nominated for an Oscar.

The couple flew out to Los Angeles to attend the 2018 Academy Awards where they were named winners of the Oscar for Live Action Short Film.

Chris and Rachel’s film, The Silent Child, followed a six-year-old deaf girl who lives a silent life before meeting a kind social worker.

While Rachel wrote and starred in the short, Chris stepped behind the camera as director.