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Christmas Television: A thing of BEAUTY; Big BBC Christmas drama Lorna Doone is set to make a star of young actress Amelia Warner. Graham Keal met her on location.

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20001223
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Byline: Graham Keal

The ravishing beauty of Lorna Doone gets such a build-up in R D Blackmore's swashbuckling romantic novel that playing Lorna on TV might daunt any young actress.

But Amelia Warner looks the part - long dark hair, flawless pale skin and eyes to drown in, all of which helped qualify her for the title role in BBC1's epic, two-part Christmas drama.

She's also feeling comfortable because, despite being dressed in her 17th-century costume of rough oatmeal skirt, blue overskirt and white cotton blouson, today is not a corset day: 'For the first week I had ...

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