“It’s all about how the war frees you, but binds you at the same time”

Helen is far less at ease with her sexuality than Kay, and struggles to come to terms with her affections — leaving her wracked with insecurity.

“Helen makes a lot of bad decisions,” Claire tells Inside Soap. “She wants to do the right thing all the time. She’s concerned about what people think and what the right thing to do is — but she doesn’t know what that is. She wants love, but doesn’t know what to do when she gets it — that’s why her relationship with Kay goes so wrong.” (Source)

The Night Watch will air tomorrow, July 12, on BBC2, at 9pm.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Scans: Inside Soap (UK) – July 9-15, 2011
- Scans: Sunday Telegraph Seven (UK) – July 10, 2011 –> Sarah Waters on being adapted and letting go
- Scans: The Observer – The New Review (UK) – July 10, 2011
- Scans: Clippings from 2011

Big thanks to Lorna.

Helen, played by Claire Foy, is Kay’s girlfriend but she’s less certain of her sexuality than Kay and struggles with social taboo.

“Helen is a lost soul who doesn’t really see herself as a lesbian,” explains Claire, 27. “She doesn’t like living a lie and she can’t justify being with a woman in her mind if other people think it’s a bad thing to do.

“So when she falls passionately in love with a woman, that’s a shock for her.” (Source)

The Night Watch will air next Tuesday, July 12, on BBC2, at 9pm.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Scans: Daily Express Saturday (UK) – July 9, 2011
- Scans: Daily Mail Weekend (UK) – July 9, 2011
- Scans: Woman (UK) – July 11, 2011
- Scans: Clippings from 2011

Big thanks to Lorna.

Claire Foy is ditching her Little Dorrit bonnet for a new period drama — with World War Two as the setting and the subject being sex not rags to riches.

“Helen’s on a knife edge,” insists Claire. “Nobody knows she’s desperately in love with a woman and every day she’s pretending to be someone she’s not. It’s awful for her.”

The Night Watch is based on the book by Sarah Waters, who also wrote the steamy Tipping the Velvet. “It won’t be quite as controversial,” says Claire. Besides, it seems filming the bedroom scenes with a woman was fun.

“It’s much easier than with a man,” Claire says. “You can chat and everyone’s got the same bits and pieces!” (Source)

The Night Watch will air next Tuesday, July 12, on BBC2, at 9pm.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Scans: Closer (UK) – July 9-15, 2011
- Scans: Heat (UK) – July 9-15, 2011
- Scans: Your TV Week (UK) – July 9-15, 2011

Big thanks to Lorna.

Big thanks to Lorna.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Scans: Radio Times (UK) – July 9-15, 2011
- Scans: Total TV Guide (UK) – July 9-15, 2011
- Scans: TV And Satellite Week (UK) – July 9-15, 2011
- Scans: TV Choice (UK) – July 9-15, 2011
- Scans: TV Easy (UK) – July 9-15, 2011
- Scans: TV Times (UK) – July 9-15, 2011
- Scans: What’s On TV (UK) – July 9-15, 2011

Big thanks to Lorna.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Hello (UK) – February 14, 2011
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Radio Times (UK) – February 12-18, 2011
- The Promise: Production Stills

Huge thanks to Lorna.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Sunday Post (UK) – February 6, 2011
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Sunday Times Culture (UK) – February 6, 2011

Huge thanks to Lorna.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Times Playlist (UK) – February 5-11, 2011
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Glamour (UK) – March 2011

Huge thanks to Lorna.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazine Scans from 2011: TV Easy (UK) – February 5-11, 2011
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Closer (UK) – February 5-11, 2011
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Your TV Week (UK) – February 5-11, 2011
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Metro (UK) – February 3, 2011

Huge thanks to Lorna.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Total TV Guide (UK) – January 29-February 4, 2011
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Radio Times (UK) – February 5-11, 2011
- Magazine Scans from 2011: TV Choice (UK) – February 5-11, 2011
- Magazine Scans from 2011: TV Times (UK) – February 5-11, 2011
- Magazine Scans from 2011: Total TV Guide (UK) – February 5-11, 2011
- Magazine Scans from 2011: TV And Satellite Week (UK) – February 5-11, 2011

Journalist Ian Wylie posted a picture of the 2 in the studio. Thank you for letting us put it in our gallery. He had this to say about Claire Foy:

She is, typically, brilliant in Upstairs Downstairs.

GALLERY LINK:
- Interviews/News Segments: BBC 5 Live | In the Studio

Claire Foy is featured in today’s You magazine with a brand-new photoshoot and interview well worth a read. She talks about her upcoming projects Upstairs Downstairs and Season of the Witch and how looks and fame are not what’s important. You can find it on the Daily Mail Website.

I find fame a very abstract thing to think about – I don’t think that will happen to me. I would hate to be hounded. I think it would be terrible to be Sienna Miller or Keira Knightley and be turned into this paparazzi person. I’d love to have their careers but not what goes with it.

Obviously, when I was a teenager I used to spend hours straightening my hair and I had terrible skin that used to really upset me. But when I was 18 I had a horrible growth on my eye that eventually had to be operated on. That taught me not to care so much about the way I looked. I got over myself. I don’t mind how I look for a part as long as it fits the character.

• ‘It would be terrible to be turned into a paparazzi person’, You Magazine, December 19

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazine Scans > Scans from 2010: You Magazine (UK) – December 19
- Photoshoots: You Magazine (2010)

GALLERY LINKS:
- Scans: Mirror We Love Telly (UK) – December 18-31, 2010
- Scans: Times Playlist (UK) – December 18-31, 2010
- Scans: The Sun Buzz (UK) – December 18, 2010
- Scans: Daily Mail Weekend (UK) – December 18, 2010
- Upstairs Downstairs (TV, 2010): Promotion

Big thanks to Lorna for the scans!

Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ClaireFoySource

Big thanks to Lorna for the scans!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Scans: Total TV Guide (UK) – December 18-31, 2010
- Scans: TV Times (UK) – December 18-31, 2010

Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ClaireFoySource

Big thanks to Lorna for the scans!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Scans: What’s On TV (UK) – December 18-31, 2010
- Scans: TV Choice (UK) – December 18-31, 2010
- Scans: Radio Times (UK) – December 18-31, 2010

Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ClaireFoySource

Claire Foy showed her glamorous side dressed in Dolce & Gabbana in the December 2010 issue of InStyle UK.

GALLERY LINK:
- Scans: InStyle (UK) – December 2010