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CHARACTERS/ROLES
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James
Oswood (Samuel West)
A laid back
devil-may-care type,worked in the city but has returned to the
village and set up Gorgeous Georgians with his wife. Superficially
successful but underneath a conflicted man.
Catherine
'Kitty@ Oswood (Claire Skinner)
Newly returned
to the village with husband James, she is anxious to make Gorgeous
Georgians a success and restore her family home.
Polly
Oswood (Jodie Tyack)
James and
Kitty's pink/purple-haired daughter, bolshy and full of attitude,
going out with Ronin, big heart.
Doug
Vaughan (Karl Theobald)
The village
dweeb as a youngster, Doug has transformed himself into a successful
businessman who sees himself as a visionary futurist. He is in fact
driven by a sense of inferiority having been bullied at school by James.
Eleonor
'Nell' Fryer (Abigail Cruttenden)
Kitty's
sensible, sound and protective sister, runs the local pub with her
seemingly reliable husband. A measured and modest presence.
Ray
Fryer (Nick Gleaves)
Gentle giant
and pub landlord, an ex-copper turned publican, a critical mass in
the village who struggles with buried emotions.
Walter
Oswood (Paul Shelly)
James' dad, a
former headmaster who was forced into early retirement, misses his
former status and now has too much time on his hands.
Mary
Oswood (Georgie Glen)
James's
stepmother and pharmacist, wife to Walter. She manages the drone
trial for the surgery, officious and not altogether happy about this
venture for the village.
Gemma
Christie (Susie Blake)
The head of
the local Georgian group and owner of a local tea room dedicated to
her heroine, Jane Austin. She is a self-appointed expert on all
things Regency. Old-school in her attitudes.
Jane
Everard (Thalissa Teixeira)
A plain Jane
English rose, also a member of the Georgian public group who works as
a receptionist at the local GPs. She is superficially shy but
underneath, witty and ready to bloom.
Ronin
Chow (Chris Lew Kum Hoi)
Works for
Doug, a gamer who is into Polly, the drone aficionado and electronics
whizz but also someone who desperately wants to get out of the village.
Solomon
Franks (John Macmillan)
The local GP,
hunk who is somewhat stiff, brooding and proud. Everyone's Mr. Darcy.
Aloof but suddenly finds himself drawn to Jane.
Samantha
Berry (Lottie Rice)
First victim,
driven and determined, a terrier of a journalist.
Petra
Antonescu (Anamaria Marinca)
A straight
talker who disarms Winter.