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David Oakes

7 years

We’ve just reached the halfway point of @VenusOnStageLDN . If you’ve not seen it yet, best book soon, for it gets pretty nippy being this exposed! #VenusInFur , starring yours truly and #NatalieDormer , directed by @Pmarber , runs until Dec 9th at @TRH_London .

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

4 years

So, @rafaelbehr wrote this 5 days ago... ...and many had been thinking it, if not saying it, prior to that.

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David Oakes

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EMILY DAVISON died protesting 104yrs ago TODAY. Arrested 9x & force fed 49x whilst on hunger strike, all to make democracy more fair. #VOTE

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I've been waiting months to say this, but: THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS ARE BUYING SKIDDAW! THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS ARE BUYING SKIDDAW! THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS ARE BUYING SKIDDAW! Please help @cumbriawildlife with this most brilliant endeavour! @WildlifeTrusts

Cumbria Wildlife Trust asks public to help buy Skiddaw Forest and create England’s highest nature...

Cumbria Wildlife Trust announces the launch of a major public appeal to help buy Skiddaw Forest, including the summit of Skiddaw.

www.wildlifetrusts.org

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Eins und Zwei… Bert and Ernie… Louche and Loucher… @VictoriaSeries

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@David_Oakes

7 years

“On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me...”

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@David_Oakes

7 years

Only 70 sleeps until Christmas…! @VictoriaSeries

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

I adore this woman.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

4 years

So sad to hear of the passing of Diana Rigg. She was a true force of nature with a wicked sense of humour - a wonderful colleague to share a scene (or glass of champagne) with. My thoughts go out to her family.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

In support of the incredible women (cast & especially crew) who made the @VictoriaSeries Christmas Special, without whom I’d be more of a feckless laughing stock, here’s a selection of BTS photographs taken by them, stolen from them and made visually palatable by them. Thank you!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

2 years

With Endeavour sadly heading off into the mists, thought it time to share this little BTS moment with Morse:

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

With the second @VictoriaSeries finally in attendance over on @MasterpiecePBS , here’s a photo from a year ago when I went to Coburg, to Rosenau, to meet the real man behind the moustache! #VictoriaPBS #SexCoburg

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

3 years

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to watch (and hopefully enjoy) @NetflixValhalla . Jeb, our showrunner, is a brilliant strategist (I mean, he wrote “The Fugitive”!); this 1st season, we simply placed the pieces upon the chessboard!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

For 34 years I’ve been taught and instilled the belief in myself & others that war is an absolute atrocity. In 2017, the rhetoric of global military conflict has reached a terrifying peak. I wear my poppy with pride in the hope tempers can be calmed & reason resumed.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

4 years

I woke to this view and grinned like a loon as kingfisher-lightning darted past. There is nothing more incredible on this planet than our wildlife. I’m very happy to be formally joining hands with the @WildlifeTrusts to help make the UK a little (or a lot-tle) wilder.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

6 years

A message from a friend on this terrible day: “The ceiling of Notre Dame contained 13,000 oak trees cut in the 12th century. An entire forest, essentially.” I know it’s a building, at a time when so many living organisms are suffering, but the scale of today’s fire is haunting.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Just saying… @VictoriaSeries

HistoryExtra

@HistoryExtra

7 years

Queen #Victoria was initially “unimpressed by the pudgy and diffident Albert”, and instead found his brother Ernest “much more attractive”…

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

6 years

This sight made me very happy yesterday. Nearly 1000 years of human feet.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

8 years

Thanks for all your kind words about Ernest's exit. He's a gift of a part to play, one written with such charm and passion. @ITVVictoria

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Sitting alone, Frozen at Station, Imagination tumbledryer-ing, Tiny friend came to check I was doing ok. “I am.” He scampered off smiling.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

So... how did your day conclude?

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@David_Oakes

7 years

In the last episode of @VictoriaSeries , Ernest leaves Buckingham Palace for a goodwill visit to meet the tiny folk on the Isle of Lilliput!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

8 years

Done. Sad… …sad, but done. #PrinceErnest is lost, alone and yearning - poor lad! Let's see what happens in S.2 of @ITVVictoria ! #Victoria

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@David_Oakes

7 years

Fancy coming to visit Ernest in Coburg this coming Sunday? Say, 9pm? I’ll crack open a nice Franken Riesling… Bis später! @VictoriaSeries

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

5 years

We are up and running. #Hamlet playing in rep at @ShakespearesRT until the very beginning of September.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

We’re nightly fuelled by jubilant exhaustion and we’re still creatively tingling. We love this play and your responses to it mean the world to us. We have only 4 more performances... Please come on down and watch #VenusInFur before it’s too late. #HailAphrodite ! Yours, D & N.

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@David_Oakes

7 years

Join us at @VictoriaSeries as we #battleforbreath in support of @LungUK and tackling lung disease.

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@David_Oakes

7 years

Ernest being earnest. @VictoriaSeries is a Costume Drama with far more to offer than just it’s exceptional costumes. #HistoryNerd

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

6 years

On seeing this vintage photo by Cecil Beaton, I thought: “Oh god, @Jenna_Coleman_ ’s on Instagram again…!” But, seeing photos of Buck House, & knowing the @VictoriaSeries sets backwards, make me realise what a tour-de-force Michael Howells was. What a hugely, HUGELY talented man.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Happy Birthday to my onscreen sparring partner and little brother, Prince Albert - born #OnThisDay in 1819. @VictoriaSeries coming Sunday!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

2 years

What’s going on in Blean is the beginning of something extraordinary. I’ll be keeping a VERY keen eye on the Bison, and (perhaps more importantly) upon the biodiversity they nurture for many seasons to come. Well done @KentWildlife & @WildwoodTrust for starting this voyage! 🦬

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

3 years

For those currently enjoying Vikings: Valhalla ( @NetflixValhalla )… …wouldn’t it be cool if we had already shot season two?!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

8 years

"Do you know how much I envy you?" Always the bridesmaid... @ITVVictoria #Victoria #VictoriaITV

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Give a boy a stick, and you’ll keep him entertained for hours. Give a man a sword, and he’ll endanger an entire filmset! @VictoriaSeries

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

5 years

Went for a walk; found some friends.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

6 years

A trip back in time… Finally visited the actual Borgia Apartments in the Vatican. It’s a testament to our production designers (who recreated Rome just outside of Budapest) that it genuinely felt like going home. Hat again doffed to Jonathan and Francois & #TheBorgias team.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

3 years

Had a very strange dream last night within which I had joined the cast of Bridgerton…

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Three days to find someone suitable with whom to share mistletoe. Ernst has his sights firmly fixed; I wish you similar amorous certitude this festive season (albeit without his “particular complications”). The @VictoriaSeries Christmas Special, 9pm, Christmas Day, @ITV .

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Due to the success of all the @VictoriaSeries boys taking their tops off in episode 5, I think I may as well do it again in episode 6… FYI…

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

8 years

Well done Sunday! But, imagine a show where characters from @ITVVictoria AND @PoldarkTV collided... ...oh, hang on!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Quick poll: Who is your favourite character in @VictoriaSeries ?

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

1 year

Remember the scene from “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” when Costner pops up to Hadrian’s wall? He rescues Little John’s son from Guy of Gisborne beneath a Sycamore Tree - @WoodlandTrust ’s Tree of the Year 2016, in fact! Well… …some utter **** just cut it down.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

3 years

Godwin Godwinning. #SaxEducation

Vikings Valhalla

@NetflixValhalla

3 years

"With all due respect your Highness, you're not ready."

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

3 years

The anniversary of Ernst II was yesterday; he died in 1893. I cannot swear my portrayal was accurate - dramatic license to fit him into the world of “Victoria” was certainly taken - but I found it fascinating to explore the legacy of a man oft overshadowed (even by own brother).

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Prior to the return of Ernest & Albert in @VictoriaSeries tonight, I’ve been reminiscing about other filial bonds I’ve “participated” in!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Looks like somebody in the @VictoriaSeries VFX dept has been doing their research! More of this, & RUFUS SEWELL, to come this Sunday at 9pm.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Dear @MasterpiecePBS viewers, Thank you all for watching season two of @VictoriaSeries . Here's a little giggly BTS shot of Ernst hanging out on the set with the show's creator, @DaisyGoodwin . Judging by the crown, it looks like we were shooting the Plantagenet Ball that day.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

2 years

I've never liked bullies - especially within journalism & doubly so those seeking to harm animals. As such, I'm very happy to support @RuthTingay in her efforts to help Chris. Lines in the sand need to be drawn to keep our free press accountable & honest.

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@David_Oakes

7 years

Tune in tonight at 9pm on @ITV for the finale episode of @VictoriaSeries , and for more #Hernest / #Harriernst / #ThatDukeTheOtherDuchess !

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Very excitingly, the @VictoriaSeries Christmas Special is set to air on CHRISTMAS DAY (9pm, @ITV ). Meanwhile, @Jenna_Coleman_ , @DaisyGoodwin and the wonderful people of @MammothScreen are in NYC today launching season 2 on @masterpiecepbs .

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Tonight I shall walk onstage without a period costume - I am a little confused…! I’M SO GOING TO PUT MY HANDS IN MY M***********G POCKETS!!!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Delighted to officially unveil the saucy title for the first episode of the NEW SERIES of @VictoriaSeries on @ITV !

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@David_Oakes

7 years

Tomorrow, we commence photography on the @VictoriaSeries Christmas Special! With that in mind, here’s Coburg in the snow from last January:

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

8 years

Final episode of #VictoriaPBS tonight on @masterpiecepbs / @PBS at 9/8c. Tune in, or be as miserable as this guy:

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

6 years

”This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell.” If you do nothing else today, read a chapter of a book.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

“We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them.” - John Waters

Ferran Burguillos

@burguillosmf

7 years

David Oakes reading in Cold skin (2017) #readingissexy

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Looks like Will & Kate were watching last night’s episode of @VictoriaSeries and felt left out!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

4 years

I love trees - I mean I’m about to launch a series of podcasts just about our native species, but... ...if you really want to know *why* they matter, and how to preserve them, then the @WoodlandTrust 's #StateOfWoodsAndTrees report shows you exactly that.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

6 years

Just drove past Westminster Abbey. She seemed extra beautiful tonight.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

6 years

It’s a dog’s life.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

8 years

Happy Snowy Christmas from this Alpine Elf!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

2 years

Public transport is essential for a greener future; but the cost of HS2 - whether counted in pennies or wildlife destruction or both - is too high for the slight benefits it will bring. Please help @WildlifeTrusts hold this project to account: @HS2ltd

HS2: is it worse than you think? | The Wildlife Trusts

New evidence shows HS2 will damage more nature than is permitted, and planned repair work will be inadequate. The Government must act.

www.wildlifetrusts.org

The Wildlife Trusts

@WildlifeTrusts

2 years

Despite promises, @HS2ltd won't be able to fix the damage done to nature. Unless nature loss is accurately calculated, far too much of our natural world will be destroyed. Sign on to our letter to the Government, insisting HS2 remaps ✒️ @David_Oakes

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

8 years

Albert (separated from his brother Ernest for the first time in 20yrs) goes it alone tomorrow, 9pm, @ITVVictoria . (Pics: 1851 & 2016.)

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

“Schnee von gestern”, morgen... @VictoriaSeries Christmas Special. Christmas Day, 9pm, @ITV .

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@David_Oakes

7 years

“Hmmm…” thought Ernst, standing alone beneath the mistletoe, feeling festive, deep in thought of stuffing, “Breast or leg this year?” The @VictoriaSeries Christmas Special. 9pm, Tonight, @ITV .

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

"Good news: Got a promotion at work. Bad news: Uniform requires wearing a lot of black." - Ernest, @VictoriaSeries

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

5 years

IF the polls are correct: Whatever happens next, it now seems that good people will just have to work far harder to make ‘tomorrow’ better, kinder and healthier. The kind of future that would make me proud is much *much* further away than I had hoped, but it is still achievable.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

8 years

My final portrait of @Jenna_Coleman_ as @ITVVictoria before the boat arrives from Saxe Coburg & Gotha tonight at 9!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

4 months

Donald Sutherland was an exceptionally kind and incredibly witty man; nothing more than a gentleman to me and others when I had the great fortune to work with him. My thoughts are very much with his family.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

4 years

If warmer winters brought on by climate change allow beet leaf aphids to thrive & pass on virus yellows to sugar beet, destroying livelihoods, then the solution isn’t to kill aphids (and bees) with neonics... ...it’s to tackle the climate emergency.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

6 years

I won’t be watching television today.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

My father, the Rev. Canon Oakes, on coming to see @VenusOnStageLDN next week: “Shall I wear a dog collar?” See where I get it from?!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

11 years

Greetings from London from the Brothers Borgia. (P.s. Francois Arnaud Is NOT on Twitter!) http://t.co/GRqMuYjWWD

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

2 years

45 days? I was Hamlet for longer.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

“You have the legs of a Plantagenet…” - Ernest II, @VictoriaSeries POT KETTLE BLACK…!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

EPISODE THREE of @VictoriaSeries tonight at 9pm on @ITV : In which the cast got to dress as their favourite Disney character!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

8 years

Wracking my brains, but pretty certain that this Sunday's final episode of @ITVVictoria is one of the most romantic hours of TV ever made!

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

AND WE’RE OFF!

ITV Press Centre

@itvpresscentre

7 years

Confirmed: Victoria (Series 2) starts Sunday 27 August at 9.05pm on ITV

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

8 years

Just met my daughter, @RebJBenson ! Cannot wait to watch @WhitePrincess and see my malmsey-stunted dynasty burgeon! @STARZ @EmmaFrostLondon

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Well… Those three months made 34 years of me fairly redundant. My creative & emotional expectations shifted, I have nigh-impossible hopes for 2018. Fuck you / bring it on / I dare you… x

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

For the final episode of this second season of @VictoriaSeries , the part of Ernest, Duke of Coburg, will be played by Clark Gable.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

4 years

Next stop HS2...

Woodland Trust🌳

@WoodlandTrust

4 years

We welcome the news from @grantshapps that the Oxford to Cambridge #Expressway has been cancelled. We believe the cancellation of this scheme represents a big reprieve for the #AncientWoods and #VeteranTrees that were within the scheme’s proposed route corridor.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

4 years

Happy 201st Birthday to my on-screen cousin.

Historic Royal Palaces

@HRP_palaces

4 years

Happy 201st birthday Queen Victoria! 🎈 The only child of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, Victoria was born here at #KensingtonPalace at 4.15am on 24 May 1819. Read about Queen Victoria’s extraordinary life and reign here:

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

8 years

Appalled by the #MuslimBan . Appalled by @POTUS . Appalled by @Theresa_May .

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

Ernest let loose at @HarewoodHouse ’s costume exhibition, showcasing the sexy dresses from @VictoriaSeries !

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

5 years

Very pleased to finally say that I’ll be busy - back up in the North - this Summer. Back on stage, back outside, back with Shakespeare. (It’s fair to say I’m pretty happy about it.) Follow @ShakespearesRT for further information.

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David Oakes

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7 years

Many have tried - many have failed - but tomorrow I shall brave the ice and wind and attempt to get to the @GlasgowFilmFestival & @FrightFest , for the UK premier of #ColdSkin .

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6 years

Walking across the Tiber; flashbacks to #TheBorgias - hoping @francoarno isn’t anywhere in sight.

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

5 years

I’m such a softie for ducklings.

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David Oakes

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7 years

Today, a photo c/o the effervescent @Jenna_Coleman_ . Tomorrow, the @VictoriaSeries Christmas Special c/o many other equally wonderful people. Christmas Day, 9pm, @ITV .

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6 years

Life Goals: Cat

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7 years

Thinking back to my months living in a lighthouse. Longing to return to a lighthouse again soon.

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@David_Oakes

8 years

Next week, on #Victoria ... @ITVVictoria #PrinceErnest #IllBeBack

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David Oakes

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5 years

Went for a full day’s hike in @SequoiaKingsNPS yesterday. I did not see a single humanbeing - a tranquil Black Bear (and a Golden Eagle!) who couldn’t have been less phased by me if he tried - but no single human along 24 miles. Photos do not do this majesty justice.

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7 years

Gareth Gatrell (the @VictoriaSeries on-set photographer) is releasing a load of BTS photos on his Instagram. Well worth a ganders.

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8 years

Nephew: "Uncle David... Uncle David! I saw you on television as Victoria." Me: "Well... I am VERY versatile!" @ITVVictoria @mammothscreen

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David Oakes

@David_Oakes

7 years

There is so much that is imbecilic, reckless, insulting and downright rude about this particular tweet, and about this man in general.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

7 years

Just out report: "United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror." Not good, we must keep America safe!

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7 years

Nothing to say other than @VictoriaSeries could not have been made without Marie. She will be very sorely missed by a great many people.

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5 years

TWO HAMLETS REMAIN. Wednesday matinee & Saturday evening. Come - @ShakespearesRT . If you come and have trouble getting a ticket, I’ll refuse to start the show until an usher squeezes you in. We’ll put some picnic chairs out for you on the stage if needs be!

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7 years

The man sitting next to me on the train is a hero. He is contentedly reading poetry. Perfect start to a Monday. Your favourite poems please…

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