Cast

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  Laura Timmins

  played by
  Olivia Hallinan

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  Dorcas Lane

  played by
  Julia Sawalha

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  Sir Timothy Midwinter

  played by
  Ben Miles

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  Emma Timmins

  played by
  Claudie Blakley

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  Robert Timmins

  played by
  Brendan Coyle

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  Caroline Arless

  played by
  Dawn French

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  Alf Arless

  played by
  John Dagleish

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  Ruby Pratt

  played by
  Victoria Hamilton

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  Pearl Pratt

  played by
  Matilda Ziegler

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  Zillah

  played by
  Liz Smith

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  Thomas Brown

  played by
  Mark Heap

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  Lady Adelaide Midwinter

  played by
  Olivia Grant

• Edmund Timmins

  played by Thomas Jones

• Queenie Turrill

  played by Linda Bassett

• Twister Turrill

  played by Karl Johnson

• Mr Paxton

  played by Gerard Horan

• Lizzie Arless

  played by Hope Yeomans

• Frank Timmins

  played by Fergus Drysdale

• Matthew Welby

  played by Stephen Marcus

• Philip White

  played by Oliver Jackson Cohen

• Adult Laura

  played by Sarah Lancashire