Dorcas Laine - Julia Sawalha
Dorcas Lane
Dorcas runs Candleford's Post Office and owns the town's forge. Her father was a journeyman, the son of a master-smith. His travels came to an end when he stopped off to work at the Candleford forge and met the blacksmith's daughter. He settled down, married and Dorcas Lane was born soon afterwards.
While Dorcas was still a young woman, her father was taken ill and during this time she ran the Post Office and forge. After her father died she took on the Post Office and forge permanently, much to the surprise of many, but since then even the most traditional of Candleford residents have got used to the idea.
Dorcas is a single, independent, passionate, exotic type of character and quite passionate really. She turned down a marriage proposal from Sir Timothy when they were much younger and childhood friends.
She felt she wasn't of his social class and thought it would never work. But that has left her with a deep longing for him and because she can't have him she involves herself in everybody else's affairs.
People do come to her for advice and I think she gives good advice. She likes the Lark Risers as well and moves between both villages.
She's really well-loved and a respected member of the community. Her shrewdness as a businesswoman and the high standards she expects from her staff are leavened by her warm heartedness, generosity, sense of humour, mischief, and her indulgent nature. Dorcas's has been friends since childhood with the local squire, Sir Timothy Midwinter.
Her character keeps the community together, People come to her for advice but she does meddle quite a bit in people's affairs but with the best will in the world. She has lots of weaknesses, cake, baths, a feather pillow...
Her biggest luxury has to be her fine dresses! She has a lot of clothes and she really goes to town with her clothes. But she's generous and shares everything that she has.... Courtesy of The BBC
While Dorcas was still a young woman, her father was taken ill and during this time she ran the Post Office and forge. After her father died she took on the Post Office and forge permanently, much to the surprise of many, but since then even the most traditional of Candleford residents have got used to the idea.
Dorcas is a single, independent, passionate, exotic type of character and quite passionate really. She turned down a marriage proposal from Sir Timothy when they were much younger and childhood friends.
She felt she wasn't of his social class and thought it would never work. But that has left her with a deep longing for him and because she can't have him she involves herself in everybody else's affairs.
People do come to her for advice and I think she gives good advice. She likes the Lark Risers as well and moves between both villages.
She's really well-loved and a respected member of the community. Her shrewdness as a businesswoman and the high standards she expects from her staff are leavened by her warm heartedness, generosity, sense of humour, mischief, and her indulgent nature. Dorcas's has been friends since childhood with the local squire, Sir Timothy Midwinter.
Her character keeps the community together, People come to her for advice but she does meddle quite a bit in people's affairs but with the best will in the world. She has lots of weaknesses, cake, baths, a feather pillow...
Her biggest luxury has to be her fine dresses! She has a lot of clothes and she really goes to town with her clothes. But she's generous and shares everything that she has.... Courtesy of The BBC
I Feel a Weakness Coming On
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Dorcas, Gabriel and Sydney
The Men in Dorcas Life
Mr Delafield
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James Dowland
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Dorcas and Mr Delafield
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Julia Sawalha
Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English Actress best known for her roles as Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous, Lynda Day, editor of The Junior Gazette in Press Gang and Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice. She became the Alan Davies co-star in Jonathan Creek after Caroline Quentin left, appearing in a Christmas Special ("Satan's Chimney"). She returned for a series between 2003-2004. In 2006, she participated in the third series of the genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? tracing her family's roots, which are Jordanian Bedouin on her father's side, and French Huguenot on her mother's. She also appeared in the pilot of BBC 1's A Taste of my Life presented by Nigel Slater. After a two-year break, she was back on screen in May 2007, competing in the BBC dog training celebrity reality show The Underdog Show. She then returned to acting in two successive BBC costume dramas; as Jessie Brown in 2007 series Cranford, followed by Lark Rise to Candleford in 2008.
Dorcas Lane - Julia Sawalha
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Julia in Other Period Drama Roles
Martin Chuzzlewit - Mercy Pecksniff
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Pride and Prejudice - Lydia Bennett
Cranford - Jessie Brown
Hornblower - Maria Mason
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