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* BrutalHonesty: When Charles Phillips complains that Basil Brown isn't educated enough to be working on the dig, without even looking up from her knitting she says "That's just snobbery, isn't it," and insists that he be kept on.
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* HappilyMarried: Zig-zagged. Basil doesn't read the letters his wife has been sending him, and he accepts Edith's invitation to dinner, but when his wife Dorothy actually shows up, he seems to remember that he actually loves her and relies on her guidance. He's later seen to have fallen asleep reading every letter she's been sending him.
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* SexlessMarriage: She's trapped in a sexless marriage with Stuart. When he walks in on her when she's in the bath, rather than smile at her or look at her fondly, he's actually ''horrified''
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* SexlessMarriage: He's married to Peggy with whom he doesn't have sex. It's implied Stuart isn't attracted to women.
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* DelicateAndSickly: She's suffering from [[spoiler: terminal heart disease.]]
* EnglishRose: Very much so, although more spirited than most versions, at least when she's not feeling ill.
* IllnessBlanket: She has one after she's come back from getting her diagnosis.
* EnglishRose: Very much so, although more spirited than most versions, at least when she's not feeling ill.
* IllnessBlanket: She has one after she's come back from getting her diagnosis.
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* DelicateAndSickly: She's a delicate woman suffering from [[spoiler: terminal heart disease.]]
* EnglishRose:Very much so, although more Edith is a good-looking English woman with fair skin and fair hair of spirited than most versions, at least when she's not feeling ill.
disposition but she finds herself afflicted with an illness.
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* BespectacledCutie: Well, look at her.
* SexlessMarriage: She's in one of these with Stuart. When he walks in on her when she's in the bath, rather than smile at her or look at her fondly, he's actually ''horrified''.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Is a keen archaeologist and is also keen on getting it on with her husband. Unfortunately, the feeling is not reciprocated.
* SexlessMarriage: She's in one of these with Stuart. When he walks in on her when she's in the bath, rather than smile at her or look at her fondly, he's actually ''horrified''.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Is a keen archaeologist and is also keen on getting it on with her husband. Unfortunately, the feeling is not reciprocated.
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* BespectacledCutie: Well, look at her.
She's a cute young woman who wears glasses that add much charm to her look.
* SexlessMarriage: She's trapped inone of these a sexless marriage with Stuart. When he walks in on her when she's in the bath, rather than smile at her or look at her fondly, he's actually ''horrified''.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Is a keen archaeologist and is also keen on getting it on with her husband. Unfortunately, the feeling is not reciprocated.
''horrified''
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* SpiritedYoungLady: Is a keen archaeologist and is also keen on getting it on with her husband. Unfortunately, the feeling is not reciprocated.
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whom he doesn't have sex. It's implied Stuart isn't attracted to women.
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* ClosetGay: He's strongly implied to be this, seeming more interested in the company of his fellow male archaeologists than in his own gorgeous wife. When she takes off her robe in front of him, he's actually embarrassed.
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* ClosetGay: He's strongly implied to be this, seeming more interested in the company of his fellow male archaeologists than in his own gorgeous wife. When she takes off her robe in front of him, he's actually embarrassed.[[note]]There's no evidence that the real Stuart Piggott was gay, although he and Peggy did divorce in 1956. She later married again.[[/note]]
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* IAmVeryBritish: Averted. Basil is one of the smartest and best-informed people in the story, but he has a thick Suffolk accent.
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* HappilyMarried: Zig-zagged. Basil doesn't read the letters his wife has been sending him, and he accepts Edith's invitation to dinner, but when his wife Dorothy actually shows up, he seems to remember that he actually loves her and relies on her guidance. He's later seen to have fallen asleep reading every letter she's been sending him.
* UncertifiedExpert: Basil himself observes that you could give him a piece of soil from anywhere in Suffolk and he could tell you where it's from, but his lack of professional credentials makes him seem to Phillips like nothing more than a glorified handyman.
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* FatBastard: Downplayed. He's not actually evil, just a terrible snob who's full of himself. Edith pretty quickly puts him in his place about this.
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* AgeLift: Edith Pretty was 54 when the events in the film started, but is played by then-36-year-old Carey Mulligan, with very little effort to make her look like she's in her mid-50s.
* BrutalHonesty: When Charles Phillips complains that Basil Brown isn't educated enough to be working on the dig, without even looking up from her knitting she says "That's just snobbery, isn't it," and insists that he be kept on.
* DelicateAndSickly: She's suffering from [[spoiler: terminal heart disease.]]
* EnglishRose: Very much so, although more spirited than most versions, at least when she's not feeling ill.
* IllnessBlanket: She has one after she's come back from getting her diagnosis.
* BrutalHonesty: When Charles Phillips complains that Basil Brown isn't educated enough to be working on the dig, without even looking up from her knitting she says "That's just snobbery, isn't it," and insists that he be kept on.
* DelicateAndSickly: She's suffering from [[spoiler: terminal heart disease.]]
* EnglishRose: Very much so, although more spirited than most versions, at least when she's not feeling ill.
* IllnessBlanket: She has one after she's come back from getting her diagnosis.
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* TheCynic: Downplayed. He has a low opinion of toffs and academics who put him down for his lack of education and humble origins, but otherwise he's kindly and enthusiastic about his favourite subjects, if a bit gruff.
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* SexlessMarriage: She's in one of these with Stuart. When he walks in on her when she's in the bath, rather than smile at her or look at her fondly, he's actually ''horrified''.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Is a keen archaeologist and is also keen on getting it on with her husband. Unfortunately, the feeling is not reciprocated.
* SexlessMarriage: She's in one of these with Stuart. When he walks in on her when she's in the bath, rather than smile at her or look at her fondly, he's actually ''horrified''.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Is a keen archaeologist and is also keen on getting it on with her husband. Unfortunately, the feeling is not reciprocated.
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* SexlessMarriage: He's in one of these with Peggy.
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!! Stuart Piggott
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!! Stuart Piggott
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!! Robert Pretty
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!! Robert Pretty
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!! Charles Phillips
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!! Rory Lomax
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!! Rory Lomax
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!!Edith Pretty
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!!Basil Brown
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!! Margaret ‘Peggy’ Piggott
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[[caption-width-right:350: ’Penny’ played by Creator/LilyJames]]
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!!Edith Pretty
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!!Basil Brown
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!! Margaret ‘Peggy’ Piggott
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[[caption-width-right:350: ’Penny’ played by Creator/LilyJames]]
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