Judi Dench had to take a trip to the dentist in full period costume - after she damaged a tooth while filming.
The Oscar-winning star, acclaimed for her captivating portrayals of a number of Queens, had to pop along to a local surgery after she lost a crown.
The actress was working on a Christmas special of BBC1's Cranford when she had her dental disaster.
Ms Dench, who was in character as Miss Matty Jenkyns, had to head to a dentist in Ealing, west London, in full 1840s gear.
"There wasn't time for me to change," she said.
"So I was in my wig and bonnet and all my clothes. I went into the waiting room and sat and registered, and everyone kept looking at me.
"When I got in to see the dentist, he said: 'Are you busy working at the moment?' I was wearing a full wig with curls."
Ms Dench praised a canine co-star on the two-part drama, Sykes the dog, who makes a brief appearance. And she wished they could spend more time filming together.
"You know what they say about not working with children or animals? Well, I'd like to have a two-hander with Sykes the dog - he was sensational and never put a paw out of line. He was wonderful."
Ms Dench will next year reunite with theatre director Peter Hall, a theatrical partnership that has lasted some 50 years.
She is to play Titania, in A Midsummer Night's Dream - a role she first performed as a schoolgirl - at Kingston Upon Thames's Rose Theatre.
