My stories are far too scurrilous for a memoir: Whitstable Pearl's Frances Barber on why she'll never spill the beans on her long career Frances Barber plays Dolly Nolan in the detective drama set in Whitstable READ MORE: The police really do look younger these days! A frumpy Sarah Parish marshals some very juvenile recruits in new police academy comedy Piglets By Tim Oglethorpe For Weekend Magazine Published: 17:30 EDT, 26 July 2024 | Updated: 17:30 EDT, 26 July 2024 e-mail View comments Frances Barber’s character Dolly Nolan was at the centre of some pretty heavy storylines in the first series of hit detective drama Whitstable Pearl, and she’s got more on her plate in series two. Having encountered suicide and domestic violence first time around, the restaurateur worries she’s facing the onset of dementia in the new series before finding romance with a man her daughter Pearl thinks is totally unsuitable..
. with good reason. Frances, 66, is delighted the scriptwriters worked such subjects into the series, especially the one about finding love late in life.
‘It’s wonderful,’ says Frances. who’s happy in a relationship of her own but prefers not to reveal details as he’s ‘not in the business and doesn’t like me talking about him’. ‘You don’t often see love between people of a certain age on TV, which is a shame because love doesn’t stop when you’re 40.
I was delighted when I read that storyline – as long as there were no bed scenes. Those days a.