Julia Sawalha

...the television programme he wrote and acted in with Stewart Lee. "My ideal woman has the head of Julia Sawalha and the body of Julia Sawalha," went the running gag. When Stewart Lee pointed out that it would be easier just to say that his...

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...of Fun, the television programme he wrote and acted in with Stewart Lee. "My ideal woman has the head of Julia Sawalha, and the body of Julia Sawalha," Herring would declare. Lee would reply, "Why not just say that your ideal woman is Julia...

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Nadim Sawalha () (born September 1935) is a Jordanian-born British actor and father of actresses Julia and Nadia Sawalha. He was born in Jordan in 1935. His daughter Julia revealed on her episode of Who Do You Think You Are? that even he...

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...appeared on Season 4 of Absolutely Fabulous. He played a posh gardener named Jago Balfour who recited Latin plant names to Edina. Julia Sawalha, who played Lydia in Pride and Prejudice, appeared opposite him in her role as Saffy. Saffy...

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Julia Sawalha plays post mistress Dorcus Lane The BBC is to make a third series of costume serial Lark Rise to Candleford, which is due to be screened in 2010. The gentle drama, which stars Julia Sawalha, is being recommissioned after...

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...shame, given the costume drama's initial promise. In a plot that set man against woman in the age-old battle of the genders, poor Julia Sawalha was merely asked to conduct the thankless thespian task of wandering around impoverished Victorian...

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...to exert a modernising influence over the commercial life of Candleford, postmistress Dorcas Lane (Julia Sawalha) feels the need to set her fluttering heart aside and stand against him in the parish council elections. Meanwhile, over in...

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...it teaches us to be poor but happy, according to its creator. Last Updated: 4:57PM GMT 02 Jan 2009 Lark Rise to Candleford: Julia Sawalha (centre) with co-stars Claudie Blakley and Linda Bassett Photo: BBC Author Flora Thompson's...

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...Michael Deacon why its success is all down to its gentleness. Last Updated: 5:53PM GMT 30 Dec 2008 Lark Rise to Candleford: Julia Sawalha (centre) with co-stars Claudie Blakley and Linda Bassett Photo: BBC Julia Sawalha believes that...

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...face to face, the cue came for the pivotal character of , Candleford's postmistress, played by Julia Sawalha, to step forward and sing a solo. It was, says Julia, quite surreal. 'It was very weird to be filming the Christmas special in the...

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