{"id":6018,"date":"2020-08-12T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=6018"},"modified":"2020-08-27T12:11:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T11:11:54","slug":"where-are-they-now-sarah-duncan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/where-are-they-now-sarah-duncan\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are they now? Sarah Duncan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: right; margin:5px 0 5px 5px;\">\n<amp-auto-ads type=\"adsense\"\r\n              data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\">\r\n<\/amp-auto-ads>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6019\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sarahduncan.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Duncan\" width=\"266\" height=\"229\" \/>\u2018I saw a woman spit yesterday!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Duncan is an actress and novelist, known for\u00a0a variety of roles on television including appearances on gameshows such as Countdown\u00a0(1982) and\u00a0Pointless\u00a0(2009). But to you and me she is best known for her role as Lady Victoria in the classic episode A Royal Flush.<\/p>\n<p>Recently I was lucky enough to catch up with Sarah, to find out a little bit more about the Lady, who nearly ended up marrying a Trotter, including what it was like to star in the show and what we can look forward to seeing in the future.<\/p>\n<h2>Sarah Duncan Actress Interview<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Me:<\/em><\/strong> Sarah, on behalf of the fans, thank you for allowing me to conduct this short interview with you. We\u2019ll start off with your role in Only Fools and Horses.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Me:<\/em><\/strong> How exactly did that come about?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah:<\/strong> I\u2019d been acting for a couple of years at that point, mainly theatre \u2013 including six months in the West End in Passion Play with Leslie Philips who was surprisingly shy and not like his onscreen persona at all. My agent \u2013 who had represented Lennard Pearce (Grandad) \u2013 asked if I\u2019d like to audition for OFAH so one Monday I went to the BBC and met John Sullivan, Ray Butt (who was then the producer and director) and Tony Dow and got on really well, on Thursday I heard I\u2019d got the part, and the following Monday I was in wardrobe getting kitted up.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Dow told me later that he\u2019d been cross with John and Ray because they\u2019d more or less told me I\u2019d got the part at the audition, and they\u2019d still got two more days of auditioning other actresses to go. Apparently on the Wednesday there had been another actress who they\u2019d also really liked, but decided to choose me because the other one was very beautiful and out of Rodney\u2019s league!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Me:<\/em><\/strong> Are there any tales you can remember from behind the scenes?<\/p><div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ofah2-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5593259115\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Sarah<\/strong>: Lots!\u00a0 It was a very happy time. The first day of filming was at the market.\u00a0 It was a very cold day and I had to sit on a stool for what seemed like ages \u2013 you can see me shivering.\u00a0 Then we filmed the scene at the caff.\u00a0 On the first take I was so cold and hungry I tucked into the bacon and eggs and then for the rest of filming I had to remember all the times I\u2019d taken a mouthful for continuity and do it again. I was sick of bacon and eggs by the end. Nick Lyndhurst told me afterwards how to look as if you were eating without actually doing it, which came in handy for the dinner party scene. He was very kind, especially when he realised I hadn\u2019t done much acting for television before, and gave me lots of help with the technical side of things.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sarah-duncan.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Duncan Author\" width=\"274\" height=\"231\" \/>Me:<\/em><\/strong> What is your favourite episode and why?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah:<\/strong> To Hull and Back.\u00a0 It\u2019s funny, it\u2019s poignant \u2013 all the things that make OFAH great.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Me:<\/em><\/strong> Why do you think the show is so very popular with all ages?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah:<\/strong> It\u2019s about families, isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 And dreaming and wanting to get on in life, but never quite getting there.\u00a0 I think we all do that.\u00a0 And of course, it is very very funny too.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Me:<\/em><\/strong> Do you still get recognised as the character?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah:<\/strong> Yes, amazingly. My hair is much, much shorter nowadays but lots of people pick up on my voice.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Me:<\/em><\/strong> Do you still keep in touch with any of the actors?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah:<\/strong> No.\u00a0 I left acting the year afterwards and moved to live in the countryside.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Me:<\/em><\/strong> Do you think the relationship between your character and Rodney, would have worked?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah:<\/strong> I think their backgrounds were too far apart really.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Me:<\/em><\/strong> Do you have any memorabilia from the show as keepsakes?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah:<\/strong> I used to have two scripts but when I was moving house I decided they ought to go to someone who would appreciate them rather than being kept in a drawer.\u00a0 I contacted the OFAH appreciation society and now Perry, who runs it, has them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Me:<\/em><\/strong> What can we look forward to seeing in the future from you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah:<\/strong> Well I haven\u2019t acted for years!\u00a0 Nowadays I write novels, which are available in bookshops and online at Amazon etc.<\/p>\n<p>By Jordan Gale,<\/p>\n<p>With thanks to Sarah Duncan.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: @JordanGale94<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/where-are-they-now-sarah-duncan\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" src=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>\u2018I saw a woman spit yesterday!\u2019 Sarah Duncan is an actress and novelist, known for\u00a0a variety of roles on television including appearances on gameshows such as Countdown\u00a0(1982) and\u00a0Pointless\u00a0(2009). 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