Two kids aren’t really kids any more, they’re grown up, but I’ve got a 10-year-old, and he loves it, as do all their friends.“It doesn’t surprise me that it appeals to every generation, because we’ve all had parents, we’ve all had grandparents, we can all relate to a multi-generational family.”But Sarah admits that her character’s gay storyline came as a surprise when it was revealed to her halfway through filming series one.“I had no idea,” she says.
That’s what Sally’s captured so brilliantly.“Love is love. People have stopped me in the street and said ‘thanks’.‘You don’t always realise the impact you have on people’s lives. I don’t look at her gender, I don’t look at her sexuality, I just try to view the humanity of her that is on the page.“I’m straight, but it’s immaterial what your sexuality is.
Sally Wainwright "is on the case". By Joe Anderton. Sarah plays Celia’s daughter Caroline and Nicola Walker plays Gillian, who is Alan’s daughter.And now the former soap star has revealed that it is not going to be easy for poor Caroline.‘Further down the line, we see an element of her not coping which is unusual,’ Sarah told Metro.co.uk.‘And she has a proposition for Gillian, she’s just thinking she has too many plates to juggle and she’s not sure she can do it.’Speaking about a potential romance, she added: ‘She is dipping her toes in the water again in terms of a possible relationship with a colleague at work.’Series five hasn’t even hit our screens yet, but screenwriter Sally Wainwright already has plans for another season (not that we are complaining).Sally exclaimed: ‘I mean I hope so.
Last Tango in Halifax series 5: Sarah Lancashire reveals twist for Caroline – and she has a ‘proposition’ for Gillian. Christmas Day and Christmas dinner will be arranged around the Christmas episode of Downton – just as it was last year.“I had to ask everybody to leave the living room if they were going to talk – LEAVE!”After Christmas, Sarah embarks on a new project but says: “I don’t know whether I’m allowed to tell.”“I can’t. If I hadn’t escaped it that would have been a problem mentally.“It was fun, and I loved the character I created, it was lovely to do, but you literally have to move on from something if you intend to have a career beyond it.When I left the Street it was like jumping off a cliff at midnight, because I didn’t know how it was going to affect me, whether it was going to be detrimental.“I have always tried just to continue working and I’m very grateful that I’m still continuing to do a job I love. If I’m ever in Downton Abbey I won’t be able to watch it.”Moving story: Sarah Lancashire as in Last Tango In HalifaxWhen you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Caroline (Sarah …
Get a daily email direct to your inbox with our newsletterSarah Lancashire has received a lot of fan mail in the two decades since she first won viewers’ hearts playing dippy but lovable blonde barmaid Raquel Watts in Coronation Street.She’s gone on to become a TV favourite playing highly emotional roles including portraying Angela Cannings, a woman wrongly convicted of murdering her two baby sons, a social worker-turned-child snatcher and the mum of a murdered prostitute.But Sarah, 49, has never received quite so many moving and uplifting letters as she has since her award-winning starring role in the surprise hit of 2012, Last Tango in Halifax.In it she plays a troubled headmistress who finds love with a female colleague.“People have absolutely taken the show to heart,” she says of the Bafta-nominated series which returns to BBC1 tonight.“And the nature of the role that I play, Caroline, has clearly hit a nerve with a lot of people.
I’ve had a lot of lovely feedback from women in their mid-life who have found themselves in similar circumstances, or are just embarking on same-sex relationships.“Their feedback has been that the sensitivity has been beautiful, they haven’t seen that nature of the relationship portrayed or written in such a sensitive manner before.“Because it’s never salacious – it’s not there to shock – it’s really, really beautifully done.