There is such an air of possibility when these two are in the same space!
#SarahLancashire #SallyWainwright
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"I was more interested in the idea of becoming a writer, but not for television. I wanted to write children's books. I'd still like to write, and maybe it will happen someday."-Sarah Lancashire (Manchester Evening News, 1992)
#SarahLancashire
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"Acting has been my voice now for a very long time. I'm extremely comfortable taking off my own skin and putting on somebody else's."-Sarah Lancashire (You, 2002)
#SarahLancashire
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Adrian Scarborough, Sarah Lancashire, and Mark Lewis Jones at "The Accident" after-party in 2019.
#SarahLancashire #AdrianScarborough
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#marklewisjones #jackthorne

"I found girls' conversations very difficult. Hair, nail-varnish, boys. I thought boys were just great people to play cricket with."-Sarah Lancashire (Evening Harold, 2000)
#SarahLancashire
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#OnThisDay 13 March 1992
ONE OF THE STREET'S BETTABUYS
#SarahLancashire, the actress who plays barmaid Raquel Wolstenhulme in #CoronationStreet, really is a lassie from Lancashire - "Television was in my blood, but I certainly didn't grow up wanting to be an actress . . ."

"I'm always right up close in Sarah Lancashire's face. I think she's that amazing." -Nicola Walker (Sunday Mirror, 2015)
#SarahLancashire
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“I think with 'Happy Valley,' between them, Sally and Sarah drew a line in the sand and said this is how good British television can be.” - Nicola Walker (NTA, 2023)
#SarahLancashire #HappyValley
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#NicolaWalker #SallyWainwright

"I'm very lucky to have a real passion--you can spend a lot of time looking for one, wondering what it could be."-Sarah Lancashire (Radio Times, 2014)
#SarahLancashire
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#OnThisDay from February 1995
#CoronationStreet magazine shows us how #SarahLancashire creates Raquel's look, asks how many Rovers Return faces you can recall, and remembers Florrie's husband in Feb '65, farewell to the Hopkins in Feb '75, and Ken's community dance in Feb '85.

#OnThisDay 5 February 1993
#SarahLancashire makes a rare appearance as herself in this edition of #BobMonkhouse game show Celebrity Squares.
- When Trigger died, what did Roy Rogers do?
- Probably fell off.

"I always believe characters choose you. It's really not the other way around."-Sarah Lancashire (Radio Times, 2014)
#SarahLancashire
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#OnThisDay 23 January 1991
#SarahLancashire makes the first of more than 500 appearances as Raquel Wolstenhulme in #CoronationStreet with the first line:
"The number is.... the number is 986."

Tonight's Entertainment #WutheringHeights #tomhardy #andrewlincoln #CharlotteRiley #sarahlancashire #rebeccanight #PBS

"BAFTA winner Sarah Lancashire inhabits her role as Cawood so completely you get the impression you could pitch up outside her stone-clad house and invite yourself in for a cup of tea."-David Renshaw (Vulture, 2016)
#SarahLancashire #HappyValley
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"[Sarah Lancashire's] a chameleon. She's very different in each role. The only thing consistent is that she's terrific."-David Hyde Pierce (Variety Podcast, 2022)
#SarahLancashire
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"I love my job. I am very blessed."-Sarah Lancashire (Evening Gazette, 2018)
#SarahLancashire
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What better than a sweet Sarah Lancashire for a timeline cleanse! 💕🌷
#SarahLancashire
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✨Wishing you all a joyous holiday season! ✨
#SarahLancashire #holidayseason
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#MerryChristmas

"You have an actress like Sarah Lancashire who can do something so enormous with her eyes. She has such an inner life. You get the camera on her eyes, and the whole story is told within one minute."-Butterall (The Chicago Maroon, 2021)
#SarahLancashire
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"You can see it takes it out of her. She does really properly invest so much psychology and emotion into what she's doing. I think that's why she's so good, because it's kind of real in a way that's breathtaking." -Sally Wainwright (Profile, 2023)
#SarahLancashire
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#OnThisDay from December 1992 - THE STREET
The #CoronationStreet Companion has an interview with the show's creator, #TonyWarren.
There were greyhounds and whippets a-plenty back in 1962.
Whilst in 1992, the Duckworths get a grandson.
Plus, a poster of #SarahLancashire.

#OTD from December 1993 - INSIDE SOAP
LOVE CHEAT! Greg breaks Bobby's heart in #HomeAndAway!
HOME ON THE RANGE - exclusive pictures of #Emmerdale's #FrazerHines in his Yorkshire Mansion.
#SarahLancashire - RAQUEL RETURNS in #CoronationStreet.
FROM CRUSTIE TO COP in #TheBill.

"Sarah's very good at giving encouragement and is a great person to have in your corner. She really buoys me up, and I love acting and spending time with her."-Nicola Walker (Yours, 2017)
#SarahLancashire #nicolawalker
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To those celebrating today, a very happy Thanksgiving!
#SarahLancashire
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#OnThisDay 11 November 1987
#SarahLancashire makes her first appearance in #CoronationStreet. However, it's not as Raquel Wolstenhulme, but as Wendy Farmer, a local nurse looking to rent a room from Jack Duckworth.

#OnThisDay 11 November 1987
In #CoronationStreet, Jack Duckworth has advertised his spare room to let, and a girl called Wendy Farmer comes to enquire about it. #SarahLancashire plays Wendy and William Tarmey is Jack.

"THIS is Catherine Cawood. Bullshit-intolerant, hilarious human, beautifully northern."- Terri White (Vogue, 2023) #SarahLancashire #HappyValley
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"Reed is the most inert, static character that I've ever played. She just doesn't move. She either stands, or lurks, or sits."-Sarah Lancashire (BBC Woman's Hour, 2024)
#SarahLancashire #BlackDoves
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Always a treat to see Sarah & Sally together! ✨
Maggi Hambling, Sarah Lancashire, Sally Wainwright and Anneka Rice attend Maggi Hambling's 80th Birthday at Larry's, The National Portrait Gallery, on October 23, 2025 in London, England.
#sarahlancashire #sallywainwright
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