Character: Connie Dewar
Actor: Lisa Kay
Episode: Among the Few

Lisa Kay had to learn to dance the foxtrot and drive a fuel lorry in Foyle's War.

"My character Connie is a driver working for the fuel depot. I had to drive a big tanker truck, which was really heavy on the arms with a double clutch. I wore my hair up in a beret and had a boiler suit on. Connie is quite bubbly and ballsy so even though she wears a boiler suit she would cinch in the waist with a leather belt to make her look sexy!

"In one scene we all go dancing in cute 1940s dresses with cap sleeves. Mine was to the knee in pink. We were all taught the foxtrot, which we found quite easy. It was a dance designed so that people could chat each other up - it's not fancy steps, you just clatter round the dance floor and get to know each other."

Adds Lisa: "It was a very young set so there was a good atmosphere. I also got to go on the back of Andrew Foyle's motorbike, so that was great fun."

Connie is dating Rex Talbot (Mark Umbers), another RAF pilot.

"She has a game plan, she wants to marry Rex, her hotshot pilot. In her diary she writes her fantasy that she'll have a double wedding with her friend Violet and Andrew. She's living in a fantasy world because the boys aren't feeling that way.

"She's charming and independent. Dating a Spitfire pilot is like dating a rock star because of the dangers of their lives. But when Connie goes to the doctors and finds out she is pregnant, she is not as sophisticated as she thinks."

The look of Foyle's War really appealed to Lisa.

"I researched the period for a Noel Coward play I was in, called Peace In Our Time. It's one of my favourite periods of history because it was so romantic - lovers being torn apart and fighting for their country. I love the dress and even used my own 1940s shoes I got from the play for Connie in Foyle's War.

"I also had my hair dyed brown for the part. I am naturally a blonde but it was fun being a different colour for a bit," she adds.

Lisa's credits include Uncle Silas, Final Demand, Without Motive, Goodbye Mr Steadman, Grafters and the films Bridget Jones' Diary and Supertex, with Maureen Lipman.

October 2003; Publicity Release